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Rialto

2019

Peter Mackie Burns

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tom Glynn-Carney, Monica Dolan, Sophie Jo Wasson ...

6.0

116

Drama A married man is grieving the death of his father, and repeating similar mistakes with his own son.

	Media	Author	Review
		Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"This story of real-life misery could play out in many different ways, but few would go in the specific direction of Peter Mackie Burns' 'Rialto', or would tell the story quite as delicately"
		Cath Clarke The Guardian	"Peter Mackie Burns’s painful, unhappy drama packs a hard punch; you must steel yourself for the emotional blows (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"Scrupulously honest, heartfelt and exceptionally well-acted"
		Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa	"Burns makes the audience feel as uncomfortable and as frustrated as Colm (...) However, it's a film that sits firmly in the consciousness for days afterwards, benefitting from hindsight. "
		Leonardo Goi The Film Stage	"A devastating, constrained chronicle of a middle-life crisis (...) the stellar work offered by Vaughn-Lawlor and Glynn-Carney ensure it retains a gripping aura even as it recedes into its bleakest, most desolate corners."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"[Tom Vaughan-Lawlor delivers] an understated turn that forces viewer to acquiesce to its restrained rhythms."
		Harry Guerin RTÉ	"A superbly acted but terribly sad drama about identity, love and loss (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Liam Hanlon Film Ireland	"A very impressive film. Its minimalism and ambiguity should be commended and Mackie-Burns has utilised O’Halloran’s script to make it cine-realistic but also very natural"
		Deirdre Molumby entertainment.ie	"The natural feel of the dialogue is striking (...) Its greatest selling point is really in the performances (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Donald Clarke Irish Times	"One might be tempted towards the cliche 'easier to admire than love', but a towering central performance from Tom Vaughan-Lawlor elevates 'Rialto' above its mulch of misery (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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