CinemaSpy (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
From the opening credits of Tetro you know you're watching a film from a master of the craft. Produced, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the film stars Vincent Gallo and Alden Ehrenreich (who has an eerie resemblance to a young River Phoenix) as two brothers. Ehrenreich's Bennie is coming of age, while Gallo's Tetro is simply coming to terms. The themes here are much the same as with...
boy culture (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Alden Ehrenreich is heralded by Vogue Paris: Hommes International (Fall/Winter 2009/2010) as "the new Brando." "Discovered by Spielberg, revealed by Coppola, Alden Ehrenreich, 19, has hit Hollywood at the speed of light. In one film, this rare talent takes acting...
Riverfront Times | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
As Tetro , Francis Ford Coppola's baroque genealogical melodrama, reaches its appropriately hysterical denouement, Vincent Gallo fixes his pale gaze on young co-star Alden Ehrenreich and reassures him that "it's going to be OK — we're a family." Gallo's warmth is not altogether convin...
Atomic Popcorn (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
So, 30 years after the creation of his last masterpiece, what does Coppola prove with Tetro, a film exploring a young man's (Alden Ehrenreich, about to explode onto the mainstream scene) quest to reveal the mystery behind his brother, a failed writer (Vincent Gallo)?
Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
As Tetro , Francis Ford Coppola's baroque genealogical melodrama, reaches its appropriately hysterical denouement, Vincent Gallo fixes his pale gaze on young co-star Alden Ehrenreich and reassures him that "it's going to be OK—we're a family." Gallo's warmth is not altogether c...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Shortly before the hordes began chanting, “ The Daily is dead; long live The Daily ”, David Hudson gathered reviews of Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro , first from its Cannes debut , and then later mid-June when it opened stateside . Here in San Francisco, Coppola met with his audience at the film’s first screening at the Sundance Kabuki. Outlining how The Godfather created a “tsunami...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Tetro , featuring Francis Ford Coppola's first completely original screenplay since 1974's Oscar-winning The Conversation , has to shoulder an awfully heavy burden. But for the first two-thirds anyway, it carries itself impeccably. Vincent Gallo plays Tetro, a man who has divorced himself from his family, especially his brilliant but ruthless father, a renowned symphony conductor (Klaus Maria Brandauer)....
Ionarts (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Vincent Gallo (Tetro) and Alden Ehrenreich (Bennie) in Tetro (photo © American Zoetrope)Any film signed by Francis Ford Coppola is going to get our attention, even though he has not made a good movie since the 1980s. The legendary American filmmaker, who turned 70 this spring, has spoken of embarking on a second directing career, and his latest movie, Tetro, is the first success of this period...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Tetro RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Drama. Starring Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich and Maribel Verdú. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. (R. 127 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) A few years ago, Francis Ford Coppola rebooted his creativity by giving himself...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
A s this baroque genealogical melodrama reaches its appropriately hysterical denouement, Vincent Gallo fixes his pale gaze on young co-star Alden Ehrenreich and reassures him that "it's going to be OK--we're a family." Gallo's warmth is not altogether ...
MoviesOnline! (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
“Tetro” is visionary director Francis Ford Coppola’s first original screenplay since “The Conversation” nearly four decades ago and it’s his most personal film yet. Arising from memories and emotions from his early life, though totally fictional, it is the bittersweet story of two brothers, of family lost and found, and the conflicts, disturbing secrets and complex...
Living in Cinema (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
In Francis Ford Coppola's latest, Vincent Gallo and newcomer Alden Ehrenreich play two estranged brothers in a creative family of Italians torn apart by tragedy and by a domineering father (Klaus Maria Brandauer). Tetro the elder brother has retreated to Argentina where he carries on a Bohemian lifestyle but seems to be squandering his talent as a writer. When his younger brother Bennie shows up to...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
Alden Ehrenreich has a short but impressive resume.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
CANNES, France -- Alden Ehrenreich has a short but impressive resume.
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
Alden Ehrenreich has a short but impressive resume.
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