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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
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Date  Helpful Rating 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  Nostalgia But No Momentum in Your SaintsPosted: 9/27/2006A review of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints by Charles1030 You totally know, check it out, i think that A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a great film. Downey Jr. and LaBeouf as Dito as well as Chazz Palminteri as Monty are outstanding. Channing Tatum (who Ive never heard of) is also amazing as the tortured soul Antonio. About three quarters of the way through A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints I started to hope it might never end. But with such a tight screenplay and competant direction, the end was inevitable. However Montiel doesnt spell everything out for you because Im sure he hasnt totally reconciled in real life. But its the heart and honesty throughout the film that make it unforgettable.
This gallantly imperfect indie pops with attitude that Most viewers will discover this picture - and it is worth discovering - when it is released on DVD.
But Whatever the first-time filmmaker lacks in subtlety and finesse--not even the snow-white Sundance Screenwriters Lab could bleach Montiels script of its corner-deli grit--he recoups by other, more playfully attitudinal means. And After a while man, the crudeness and venality of the central characters proves as stifling as the incessant Queens summer heat does to our dubious protagonists. Writer-director Montiel creates a movie of many parts that dont always congeal. Mix this with the many meaty scenes and a roster of often exceptional actors and the effect is one of a fabulous acting showcase more than a wholly finished work. Its very rich in nostalgia, but it goes nowhere. Was this review helpful? Sign In 1-1 of 1 Per Page | ||
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