- Also Known As:
- Beat that my Heart Skipped
- Year:
- 2005
- Country:
- Predominant Genre:
- Crime
- Director:
- Best Performance:
- Premiss:
- A man finds his heart and soul torn between loyalty to his family and a need to be redeemed from his violent lifestyle.
- Themes:
- Personal change | Self-expression
- Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
- Review Format:
- DVD
Leopards, Spots & Change
Unusual, interesting – if somewhat unlikely – tale of a brutal and unscrupulous property-dealing thug who yearns to change his current lifestyle to become a concert pianist.
The only way to make this sincere – and convincing – is via an intense central performance from the lead actor. And that is just what we get: Romain DURIS is an excellent performer who comes across as a hybrid of a young Robert De Niro and a youthful Daniel Day-Lewis.
However, to fully persuade us that a leopard can successfully change his spots, it is essential to explain why he is the way he is and why he would want to change. This movie assumes we already know the answers and thus only plays well to its middle-class gallery.
There is no profound elucidation of human nature here; suggesting the screenwriter can only create characters like his limited self.
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