Wallace plays Charlie, a recent graduate with a guaranteed spot for Boston University’s law program, but he would rather work on a fishing boat with his brother, Tom (an equally scruffy and tough Foster). I was courted by the cast, and I had no problem with staring at Jones’ gnarled, scruffy face from so close to the screen. To be entirely honest, I didn’t know what Helgeland’s film was about before I sat down–I went in entirely blind. Brian Helgeland’s Finestkind stars Toby Wallace, Ben Foster, Jenna Ortega, and Tommy Lee Jones, and the crime drama is set in the fishing capitol of New Bedford. I scurried over to my next screening and sat in the front row. It’s charming without being entirely funny and the drama should resonate more. It just feels like it needs to identify what kind of movie it wants to be. Scott Thomas co-wrote this film with John Micklethwait and based it partly on her life, and her earnestness shines through. I wish North Star included Scott Thomas more since the daughters are there to attend her wedding, and the best moments come towards the end when her character, Diana, explains a lot of history. Unfortunately, North Star spends so much time with the sisters and how their lives don’t live up to their own expectations, that we lose sight of why we are there. Georgina, however, has been paranoid that her husband has been cheating on her, so she hires a private detective to track her husband. Katherine is especially fraught, and Scott Thomas illustrates this with charcoal animated sequences showing how Katherine fears what could have been with her dad. Victoria and Katherine have a different father than Georgina, but, strangely, both men served in the Navy and died far too young. Emily Beecham rounds out the trio as Georgina, a physician who feels that she lives in the shadow of her older sisters. Sienna Miller is Victoria, a Hollywood actress who is caught between marrying a man for his money or finding something more meaningful. Scarlett Johansson plays Katherine who is poised to become the first female aircraft carrier captain in the history of the UK. We are introduced to three sisters as they come together to celebrate their mother’s third marriage. Sisterly strife is at the center of this film (and another later if you keep reading) in Scott Thomas’ first film. Since I had an opening on Friday morning, I checked out what press and industry screenings I could attend, and I selected the directorial debut from Kristin Scott Thomas. You are surrounded by filmmaking at TIFF, so you really have no excuse to not see something. I missed out on Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist since that was my only chance to attend was on Thursday, and, trust me, I was kicking myself when I heard the reactions coming from the Venice Film Festival awards ceremony. I originally had planned to see Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron on Friday morning at a press and industry screening, but I opted to see it the previous day with a few friends at the world premiere. There are so many great films across so many venues that you have to plan ahead and sometimes you miss something you are really looking forward to. Download: Joey's TIFF 2023 Diary Part II: Roaring Kitty, Fishy Crime, and Sisterly StrifeĪ tricky part about navigating TIFF is making up your schedule.
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