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The Burnt Orange Heresy

2019

Giuseppe Capotondi

Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Donald Sutherland, Mick Jagger ...

5.5

1,216

Drama. Mystery. Thriller In Italy, irresistibly charismatic art critic James Figueras (Claes Bang) hooks up with provocative and alluring American, Berenice Hollis (Elizabeth Debicki). The new lovers travel to the lavish and opulent Lake Como estate of powerful art collector, Joseph Cassidy (Mick Jagger). Their host reveals he is the patron of Jerome Debney (Donald Sutherland) the reclusive J.D. Salinger of the art world, and he has a simple request: for James ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Claes Bang and Elizabeth Debicki have fizzing chemistry, but Giuseppe Capotondi's watchable art-scene noir doesn't take enough pleasure in it"
		Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"The screenplay and the actors ooze charm as well as intelligence early on but the second half is more like a sleek thriller, something that's efficient but less jocular and surprising"
		Lee Marshall Screendaily	"Two tasty extended cameos from Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland pour sauce on an undercooked art world neo-noir"
		Luke Hicks The Playlist	"A cool, classy 'Velvet Buzzsaw' for the art-obsessive"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A slinky but inert Euro-thriller that can't split the difference between Abbas Kiarostami and François Ozon in a futile effort to forge both of their talents"
		Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"A thriller of delectable surface pleasures (...) Debicki cements her status as one of cinema’s most charismatic newcomers"
		Monica Castillo The Wrap	"Even if the tale feels a little stale, a little dated, the electric performances between the three main leads — restores its sense of mystery."
		M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"A dull, briefly brutal, and uneven adaptation of a Willeford novel (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Whitney Spencer rogerebert.com	"The film is a seductive noir that, as a whole, comes up empty (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

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