Criticker's WAY off with this PSI! Holy God, it started all right, but by the end, I wanted to throw my TV out a window. What a pretentious pile of shit. It was like a 15 year-old's attempt to be artistic

A little cliché and self-important, but nonetheless a reasonably compelling family drama. The three main performers are quite good, especially Verdu. Gallo's brooding gets rather tiresome, but he varies it enough to keep the character interesting. The black and white photography is really quite stunning at times. The themes of rivalry and daddy issues aren't the most original thing in the world, but there're one or two surprises to be had. Not a great film, but you can feel the passion in it.

Francis Ford Coppola has been seen to have dropped in status ever since the 1980s (or The Godfather Part III), but not only would I argue that his late work is underrated, but this is a triumphant return from him and one of his best films.

12 Aralik 2009, alkazar sinemasi, 16:30, melike ile & filmi anladigimi ya da en azindan takip edebildigimi soylemem. (cok daginik bir film)

oh my goodness the coppélia scenes were amazeballs

A very Shakespeare-esque script from Francis Ford Coppola; however, for me it worked well. Well enough to keep me interested for 2 hours. It isn't extremely original, but it's style and some decent performances make the film worthwhile. Not close to Coppola's best, but not his worst either.

This one was weird. It's uneven, focused, stylized (the b&w photography, and revealing much of the plot with color flashbacks), and is clearly influenced by the director's favorite movies (going as far as to have the characters name them and show scenes from them). This should be the debut film by a promising filmmaker, not a vet who hasn't made a really good movie in decades.

i don't know why, but gallo tends to be typecast as a brooding and artificially melodramatic character who ends up creating more drama through over reactions. it doesn't make him a bad actor, but it's a bit irritating. coppola doesn't do anything special, but he's really gone nowhere except down in the past twenty years. i guess you could fine much worse ways to spend a couple hours.

Bad. This is a pompous film made for critics. The beautiful Argentinian locales and locals shot in stark black & white with the flashbacks in color. A simple story without much depth coupled with an idiotic Star Wars twist (you'll see what I mean near the end) makes this a dull watch indeed, Not recommended.

I hate Tetro, an unmediated bipolar asshole, who's supposedly a genius. We know he's a genius because, like all tortured movie geniuses, he writes brilliant scripts, which can only be viewed IN THE MIRROR (how quirky). I hate this whiny cunt more than I've hated any character before. No need to discuss the rest of "Tetro" - it disgusted, bored, and angered me. A really bad experience.

The kid in this movie REALLY looks like Ray Liotta

A movie that "intellectuals" will love. Black and white (and color flashbacks!), geniuses (lol), foreign language, and a bunch of unknown actors, this movie was made for that annoying guy in your philosophy 101 class who just discovered Nietzsche and LSD and won't shut up about them. I think Coppola was just trying to show off how smart he is. The problem is is that he doesn't realize his script is horribly bad. Photography is nice but the characters are so terrible that I just couldn't care.

Incredibly original with a few problems.

Boasting of thematic depth and wonderful lighting, Tetro is a strong entry from Francis Ford Coppola into his canon. Strong writing is foregrounded in this intricate tale of human relatonships: emotions are never reduced simplistically, the world's absurdity is accepted for what it is and wounded memories are aptly approached. I personally prefer this over The Godfather.

Coppola is back to" Rumble Fish " style , but even better here. Some details are not so explicit, and you have to pay attention. It's the kind of movie you have to watch twice. You only have to close your eyes for a couple of unnecessary scenes so you'll have a great movie... good acting from Gallo...

"By the end the film, the plotting has achieved an impressive, if slightly overcooked, degree of complexity." - Andrew Schenker

69.500

Clearly, Coppola needs to re-read O'Neill and stop trying to be Soderbergh.

Alden Ehrenreich is seriously talented and I still can't believe he isn't Emile Hirsch.

God bless Powell/Pressburger.