The Tourist
Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp meet in the new film by the director of “The Lives of Others” who decided to do a remake of the ordinary “Anthony Zimmer”. This gives “The Tourist”, a pleasant but forgettable entertainment that sometimes lacks moments.
It is easy to imagine Hollywood producers drool before this new feature. Of all the American actors, difficult to find two stars as popular as Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. Since they have never played together, why not bring this together? To hell with history, you need a simple and efficient concept where two actors spend as much time as possible together. Why not in Venice, the city of lovers, where they will make the boat, spend a night in a luxury hotel, before dancing at a party run? It’s just the best thing about the book: two icons show charismatic devouring eyes and ultimately embrace, all in front of pretty postcards that give a taste for travel. Never mind that Madame is not very credible, and that gentleman is uncomfortable, sparks emerge when both are on screen.
And the subject there? A variation on the themes of “Anthony Zimmer”, this French thriller barely drinking has staged Jerome Hall and gave the best roles in Yvan Attal and Sophie Marceau. The premise is similar, despite some subtle changes, yet tells the adventures of an enigmatic woman (Jolie) who seeks to cover her tracks by pretending to authorities and a group of Russian businessmen wicked a stranger (Depp) met on a train is her lover on the run for a long time.
There are irremediably Hitchcock in this plot that never takes itself completely seriously. A sort of “To Catch a Thief” on 21e century where the proceedings are conducted in a good mood and where heroes are never unkempt. Despite all the talent of the filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and the immense good that procured his first essay “The Lives of Others”, this project does not seem to leave its mark, except that the opening sequence shows people in the process of spying and eavesdropping on a bait. The rest of the command reveals luxurious, gentle and harmless, which has a five-star treatment and a beautiful musical score by James Newton Howard. Of dressing that does not hide its flaws, however: implausibilities per tonne, a foregone conclusion that lack of ambiguity, and an inconsistent pace. Not really bored, the story could have been much more pointed, then it falls here almost flat.
More ambitious, this elegant object was something other than a vehicle to showcase the beauty and charm of its actors. With the stakes so thin, interpreters can only smile and cross their fingers that audiences will notice only the beautiful landscapes that make you dream and not the weakness of some dialogue and situations.
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