Review of Cinema Verite (2011) by Filipe M — 19 Jan 2012

Ok so not going to focus so much on the story here but rather the fantastic work that the cast put in to telling this real life drama about the first family in America to be followed by a film crew in the 70â(TM)s.

Diane Lane is just brilliant as the matriarch and oozes excellence, grace and passion and I for one would be happy to see her name on Oscar night. Tim Robbins didnâ(TM)t stray too far from his usual character acting but in this film it sure works.

James Gandolfini delivered in fine stature as the award winning filmmaker, pushing all the right buttons in all the right places and Thomas Dekker who played the part of Lance, the golden boy of the family was great screen entertainment.

All becomes clear as the film progresses and we are introduced to the real life family that underwent this experiment, just how fantastic the cast actually were at portraying them - some people were doing their homework.