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This Must Be the Place

This Must Be the Place (Questo deve essere il posto)

2011

Paolo Sorrentino

Sean Penn, Eve Hewson, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch ...

6.1

6,841

Drama. Comedy

Drama. Comedy

Cheyenne is a former rock star. At 50 he still dresses "Goth" and lives in Dublin off his royalties. The death of his father, with whom he wasn't on speaking terms, brings him back to New York. He discovers his father had an obsession: to seek revenge for a humiliation he had suffered. Cheyenne decides to pick up where his father left off, and starts a journey, at his own pace, across America.

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] centers on another uncompromising character invention by Sean Penn (...) Few actors have played a wider variety of characters, and even fewer have done it without making it seem like a stunt (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"An eccentric performance by Sean Penn as a reclusive rocker is the central attraction of this highly erratic film"
		Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"[It] might win some viewers over—especially those who value the journey more than the destination (...) Even those who can’t embrace the movie have to respect an actor of his stature taking such an enormous risk."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Sorrentino has left his Italian comfort zone for this film, and found an alternative comfort zone (...) that he tries to give his own flavour and style. It can't be the place where he flourishes the most (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The plot turns are playful as well as jolting, and the visual shocks are gentle (...) [You shouldn't] discount the splendid strangeness of Mr. Sorrentino’s vision"

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