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Tetro

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When teenage Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) arrives in Argentina to look for his long-estranged brother, Tetro (Vincent Gallo), he finds not the idolized sibling from his youth, but a tormented and self-destructive soul who has abandoned his brilliant career as a writer. After Tetro rejects him, Bennie risks his brother's wrath by secretly completing one of his plays and submitting it for consideration for a prestigious literary prize.
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A complex meditation on family dynamics, Tetro's arresting visuals and emotional core compensate for its uneven narrative.

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Nathan Lee Film Comment Magazine 03/19/2018
Watching Tetro, Coppola's first original screenplay in some 30 years, is like eavesdropping on someone's dream. Go to Full Review
Keith Uhlich Time Out 11/18/2011
4/6
Coppola excels at what might be termed the cinema of inadequacy. Go to Full Review
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 07/06/2010
2.5/5
There is not enough dramatic tension to sustain the film for two hours and conjectures about the Coppola family saga are really extraneous to the experience of Tetro. Go to Full Review
Megan Fisher Loud and Clear Reviews Jan 11
Coppola’s style is all cinema, switching from black and white to shocking color at opportune moments, and moving the camera around with controlled madness. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 08/18/2023
2.5/4
Tetro is worth your time, if only to see how Coppola is experimenting these days. Go to Full Review
Michael Guarnieri The Spool 04/30/2021
The strength of TETRO- an imperfect film to be sure, but an admirable one - is that the movie is so recognizably from Francis Ford Coppola while nevertheless feeling new and even unrecognizable. Go to Full Review
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Isa B 10/05/2024 I love Tetro! A return to form for Francis Ford Coppola. Vincent Gallo was perfect for the main character. Alden Ehrenreich was awesome as well. He and Gallo were terrific onscreen together. The film makes you feel, which is about the highest compliment you can give a film. It is artsy and the digital cinematography is quite beautiful. Tetro is a great film and one I highly recommend. 91/100 See more John F 06/29/2024 The first hour holds your attention until you realize what a bathetic, melodramatic mess this movie is. Vincent Gallo is truly terrible. The rest of the cast does admirable work, but the movie simply devolves into bad Fellini/Red Shoes/ navel gazing incoherence. I was stunned by how wretched this was. See more Lorenzo P 06/02/2024 Documentary about losers. Please wtf. Nice photography and some interesting situations. See more isla s 09/03/2022 This has the look and feel of Roma, in that its a bit slow paced, its set abroad in the modern day and its (primarily) in black and white (plus it features subtitles). I liked the classical/continental style music played in the background, quite laidback and somewhat jazzy sounding at first and more classical and ethereal sounding later on. This is a film quite heavy in reminiscence (not always in a positive way), depicting characters who are mostly philosophising, to an extent. It has an element of mystery about it, which is good I guess and things do speed up pace wise a bit mid way through. It won't appeal to everyone (it may seem a bit indulgent perhaps?) but its certainly a nice example of a mostly laidback watch I suppose. It mainly focuses on the relationship between siblings - family rivalry perhaps. It looks at times like a theatrical production depicted partly on stage, hence it has a bit of a dreamlike element to it. Also, it is a film that references films and writing, so perhaps its a bit of a filmmakers film but that's absolutely fair enough. The director is the infamous Francis Ford Coppola, of 'The Godfather' fame. It does have a bit of an ageless feel about it. Yes, I think I would overall recommend this. See more 11/07/2019 The movie has something that works and at the same time it feels like it was close to be even better See more 09/18/2017 On the surface, he's a genius who never publishes what he personally finds beautiful because his art is too private and tragic, but a more cowardly second motivation also exists: if he never lets the world see creative works dearest to his heart, they can never be rejected. The love Francis Ford Coppola gives Tetro makes it clear this is the creative work dearest to his heart. It made made no money, but got 70% Rotten Tomatoes. Which measure of success do you think Coppola cares about most? See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis When teenage Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) arrives in Argentina to look for his long-estranged brother, Tetro (Vincent Gallo), he finds not the idolized sibling from his youth, but a tormented and self-destructive soul who has abandoned his brilliant career as a writer. After Tetro rejects him, Bennie risks his brother's wrath by secretly completing one of his plays and submitting it for consideration for a prestigious literary prize.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
Screenwriter
Francis Ford Coppola
Distributor
American Zoetrope
Production Co
American Zoetrope, Tornasol Films S.A.
Rating
R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 12, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$438.4K
Runtime
2h 7m
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