Sun, May 12, 2024
Has Paul Schrader ever created a protagonist I didn’t hate? Scorsese’s directorial approach is more consistent and confident than in Alice, but the tone is a bit uneven. (Shepherd and Brooks are each excellent, but their scenes really feel like they’re from a different movie.) What a stroke of luck that Jodie Foster fell into Scorsese’s lap a couple of years earlier; I can’t imagine anyone else pulling off this character.
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