Review of Life of Riley (2014) by Glenn Kenny for RogerEbert.com — 23 Oct 2014
Everything in Life of Riley, Resnais makes plain, is a contrivance. Much of the joy and beauty of the movie comes from letting the levels of contrivance fall into place, as with some Rube Goldberg contraption, creating a parallel abstract narrative to the more conventional semi-farcical one unfolding on screen.
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This review of Life of Riley (2014) was written by Glenn Kenny and published by RogerEbert.com on 23 Oct 2014.
Life of Riley has generally received mixed reviews.
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