Went to
City by the Sea, a solid, if not particularly inspired, crime thriller/family melodrama. Not a whole lot to say, the grimy, dilapidated environs of Long Beach, New York mirrors the relationships between three, and potentially four, generations of fathers and sons, relationships marked by absent fathers and angry, embittered sons. DeNiro puts in a solid, competent performance, save one scene where he desperately pleads with his son; I get the impression that DeNiro continues to tread water rather than take on more challenging performances. I enjoyed the supporting performances much more, especially Frances McDormand as DeNiro's next door neighbor and girlfriend who has to deal with a lot of sudden revelations; James Franco as DeNiro's strung-out, junkie son; and Eliza Dushku as Franco's desperate, former junkie girlfriend. Someone should talk to George Dzundza's agent about the roles he takes, this is at least the third role he has taken as a police officer who gets gunned down in the line of duty (following
Basic Instinct and TVs
Law and Order).
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