Broken Poet (2020)

Broken Poet: Directed by Emilio Ruiz Barrachina. With Elliott Murphy, Joana Preiss, Marisa Berenson, Françoise Viallon. A journalist is sent to Paris by Rolling Stone magazine to investigate the rumour of an old rock star being alive after he is presumed to have committed suicide 40 years ago

“I have no idea where these 10 star reviews came from but this mess of a movie certainly doesnu0026#39;t deserve them. This film is barely watchable beyond 5 minutes due to the terrible, wooden acting and awful dialog not to mention the overwhelming feeling youu0026#39;re watching someoneu0026#39;s first attempt at film making. But the blame canu0026#39;t fall only on the acting. The editing is atrocious with no sense of rhythm and takes that could have been trimmed of several frames to create flow are left complete so conversations have a u0026quot;stop and startu0026quot; vibe that feels fake and unreal. The main actresses voice is dubbed in and itu0026#39;s so uneven and distracting it just kept taking me out of the movie. The continual over use of every overwrought cliche in the artsy directoru0026#39;s playbook is distracting and transparent leaving this mess feeling more like an art school studentu0026#39;s C grade project instead of an experienced directoru0026#39;s output. People donu0026#39;t act like this. People donu0026#39;t talk like this. And good directoru0026#39;s donu0026#39;t direct like this. All in all this is an amateur attempt at filmmaking that falls horribly short and is a cringefest to endure until the end. Even for a music lover like myself this was too much of too little to find anything redeeming in.”