Review of 44 Inch Chest (2009) by Melissa Anderson for L.A. Weekly — 14 Jan 2010
As in "Sexy Beast", Mellis and Scinto’s rhythmically aggressive dialogue becomes arialike. But first-time director Malcolm Venville lacks the visual flair of Sexy Beast’s Jonathan Glazer -- a deficit that, combined with 44 Inch Chest’s wobbly final act, comes dangerously close to erasing the film’s uninhibited look at the measure of a man.
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This review of 44 Inch Chest (2009) was written by Melissa Anderson and published by L.A. Weekly on 14 Jan 2010.
44 Inch Chest has generally received mixed reviews.
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