21 Grams
Tonight I watched 21 Grams:
- 21 Grams: Long. Drawn-out. Overly melodramatic. Twenty minutes into the movie, I'm wondering what the film is even about--more importantly, why I'm supposed to keep watching. Halfway through the only things I'm really noticing are first that Benicio Del Toro is more talented that Sean Penn and Naomi Watts combined, and second that Luisa Abel somehow made Charlotte Gainsbourg look pretty. Finally, I conclude that it's about half an hour longer than necessary, overly sentimental, and lacking in narrative momentum. Along with Del Toro's acting, there is another redeeming factor: Rodrigo Prieto's cinematography. Nonetheless, 21 Grams disappoints as only a son can disappoint his father. C