Jim Jarmusch fails to bring new life to the zombie genre
di Geoffrey MacNab The Independent
The 72nd Cannes Festival opened on a muted note on Tuesday evening with the world premiere of Jim Jarmusch's pallid zombie comedy, The Dead Don't Die. This is Jarmusch at his most low key. He has a tremendous cast, many of whom have worked with him before, but he doesn't do much with them. Actors such as Bill Murray, Adam Driver, and Steve Buscemi give strangely listless and deadpan performances. Tilda Swinton brings some comic vim to her role as a samurai-like undertaker with a broad Scottish accent while Caleb Landry Jones and Danny Glover are good value as they take a stand against the undead in the local convenience store, but neither the satire nor the slapstick here are as sharp as you would like them to be. [...]
di Geoffrey MacNab, articolo completo (4060 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Independent 15 maggio 2019
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