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By bringing such a tale into focus this provocative. It is a story of a young woman Ewa coming to Ellis Island NY in 1921 with her sister.

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. Shes perfect as Ewa who has to build a hard shell around her as she navigates a world she neither sought nor understands. Like his other movies The Immigrant is messy and glorious a potboiler with the soul of a tragedy a Dreiserian opera. Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix star in the 1920s drama The Immigrant.

The Immigrant director James Grays spectral drama gives the audience an insight into the side of 1920s New York City that is left out in the glitz and glamour. May 23 2014 by Lindsay Leasor Leave a Comment. 3 of 5 4 of 5 This photo released by the Weinstein Company shows Joaquin Phoenix left and Marion Cotillard in a scene from the film The Immigrant The movie opens in the US.

Her sister is sick with tuberculosis and is separated. Friday May 16 2014. In the movies Gray makes it is clear that he wants to be like Ewa classically beautiful and correct and slightly above-it-all but he knows that he is actually like Bruno which is why he has cast the wild Phoenix in four of his five movies.

Audience Reviews for The Immigrant. Tell us where you are Looking for movie tickets. American drama starring Marion Cotillard Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner.

Marion Cotillard wears a passively worried face throughout as the tiltular Polish Immigrant. By its mid-way point The Immigrant has become a love triangle between Ewa Bruno and Emil Jeremy Renner a magician who. R 1 hr 57 min Drama.

Though the film is sometimes as fraught as the immigrant experience in the end the ideas are so rich the look so lovely Ewas journey so heartbreakingly real even the flaws seem to suit it. With a limited. THE IMMIGRANT is an impressive production about a Catholic immigrant woman from Poland in 1921 who makes some poor moral decisions to help her sister whos stuck in the Ellis Island hospital.

The woman ultimately finds redemption and freedom through her Christian faith but the movie contains sordid material and graphic language so extreme caution is advised. The plots are scaffolding which Gray from Russian. Cotillards face -- and the strength she communicates with the smallest of gestures -- are the brightest spots.

They escaped from after-war Poland and are looking for better life. Glossy production values undone by unsatisfying drama. The lush musical score is by Chris Spelman.

Troell used the Great Lakes Minnesota northern Wisconsin - and Galena It tells the story of Swedish immigrants but it might as well be about any group of people. The Immigrant is an extremely well crafted movie with great period cinematography. Betsy Sharkey May 15 2014.

The Immigrant has been the source of a semi-public battle between Gray and Harvey Weinstein who reportedly pressed for cuts and allegedly threatened as is his wont to dump the film if he didn. Reviews in chronological order Total 0 reviews Post a review. Grays tale of the immigrant experience has a spectral beauty and is unafraid of big emotions but Joaquin Phoenix.

Movie review of The Immigrant 2013 by The Critical Movie Critics A woman forced into prostitution works to get reunited with her sick sister. The Immigrant Reviews Ratings Favorite Movie Button Overview. Easily recommended for the performances of Marion Cotillard and Joquin Phoenix which are extremely strong.

The Immigrant received generally positive reviews from critics. With Marion Cotillard Joaquin Phoenix Jeremy Renner Dagmara Dominczyk. An innocent immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

THE IMMIGRANT is a complex tale thats beautifully shot in gritty dreary hues. Its a no-win situation describing a James Gray film be it Little Odessa and The Yards or We Own the Night and Two Lovers. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 86 based on 111 reviews with an average score of 74510.

Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing. The movies re-creation of 1921 New York feels lived-in its saloons and street life as period-specific as say those in Once Upon a Time. The engrossing historical drama The Immigrant takes what might serve as background in other films and puts that story front and center.

After witnessing their parents beheading during World War I the two sisterslike so many other Europeans fleeing the aftermath of the Great Warimmigrated to the United States. Directed by James Gray. Jun 9 2014.

At nearly 2 million this is the most expensive and ambitious Swedish film ever made and one of the handful of foreign films ever to be shot partly on location in America. The Immigrant review James Grays 1920s melodrama is lavish but lacking. Beautiful visuals James Grays confident direction and a powerful performance from Marion Cotillard combine to make The Immigrant a richly rewarding period drama.

It looks dark and old blending despair and beauty expertly. There are some settings that dont quite work with a soft romantic approach. At NYFF 2013 Matt reviews James Grays The Immigrant starring Marion Cotillard Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner.

Ewa and Magda Cybulska thought they had left the horror behind them. Movie Times Tickets. The general consensus states.

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