Brent_Marchant
Its bad enough when a film disappoints and doesnt live up to expectations. But whats perhaps worse is when a picture not only fails to live up to expectations, but also validates the negative reputation that precedes it. Such is the case, regrettably, with the latest feature from filmmaker Paul Schrader, an embarrassingly bad production from an artist who has written and/or directed such masterful works as First Reformed (2017), American Gigolo (1980), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Taxi Driver (1976). This miserably unfocused slog struggles to tell the story of Leonard Fife (Richard Gere), a famous but terminally ill director whos being interviewed for a made-for-TV biography discussing hi...