Ballad of a Small Player

Wasted potential; a monotonous, self-destructive meditation on second chances and fate. There are, as usual, exceptional performances from Farrell and Swinton. The neon-soaked landscape is awesome and Berger’s direction is as stylized/alive as ever. The script is empty though.

Still not sure how to play baccarat

My takeaway from this movie is that the visuals were great, and that it should have had the theatrical limited release instead of a house of dynamite

62

I wanted to like it, but didn’t. The ending was unsatisfying. Even the lobster scene could have been better.

C plus