Movie review: From the Vine, a film about finding yourself in Italy
13 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
3 minutes to read
Toby Woollaston is a film reviewer for NZME regional mediatoby.m.woollaston@nzme.co.nz@TMWoollaston
Joe Pantoliano has been put out to pasture, quite literally, in this film about finding yourself in rural Italy. Pantoliano, who contorted our minds in Christopher Nolan s Memento, double-crossed us in The Matrix, and ran with the mob in The Sopranos, is now making wine in the idyllic Italian town of Acerenza.
Yep, Pantoliano s career arc has a familiar ring to it; quality actor hits retirement age and is shoe-horned into a twilight-years film . Think Diane Keaton, Bill Nighy, and, well, pretty much the entire cast of Marigold Hotel. But there is something endearing about the find yourself in retirement flick that has struck a notable chord with its audience so much that it s pretty much become a genre in its own right and From the Vine has set down roots firmly at its
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