The King of Kings
This material could have been handled with a lot more passion, imagination, and cleverness.
This material could have been handled with a lot more passion, imagination, and cleverness.
The movie is at its most fascinating in its depiction of Lennon as a pragmatic activist.
One more screenplay draft would have been worthwhile; there are glimmers of a better version that create some optimism for Angarano’s next film.
Only Cage’s most diehard cultists will want to go to bat for this performance, and they could easily struggle to accentuate the positive.
I flashed on “The Straight Story” as I watched “They May Face the Rising Sun”.
Nabulsi’s film touches the heart but loses grip on the mind as it journeys to juggle more subplots than its hands can handle.