New York Film Festival 57 Screenings 5
Wasp Network (Olivier Assayas)
Wasp Network tells the true story of the Cuban Five, a group of intelligence agents who infiltrated anti-Castro groups in Miami during the 1990s. The story is a bit unwieldy for Assayas who has trouble delineating the large cast of characters. But several gut-wrenching moments convey the tension between political and personal responsibilities all brought off with winning commitment from Édgar Ramírez, Penélope Cruz, Wagner Moura, and future ex-husband Gael García Bernal. It's all such a respectable effort that you feel cretinous for saying anything negative about it. And yet there's little indication of why *Assayas* filmed this project and what *his* relationship is to it. In fact, it's so indifferently filmed that it's difficult to find anything of Assays in it at all.
Grade: B+
Wasp Network tells the true story of the Cuban Five, a group of intelligence agents who infiltrated anti-Castro groups in Miami during the 1990s. The story is a bit unwieldy for Assayas who has trouble delineating the large cast of characters. But several gut-wrenching moments convey the tension between political and personal responsibilities all brought off with winning commitment from Édgar Ramírez, Penélope Cruz, Wagner Moura, and future ex-husband Gael García Bernal. It's all such a respectable effort that you feel cretinous for saying anything negative about it. And yet there's little indication of why *Assayas* filmed this project and what *his* relationship is to it. In fact, it's so indifferently filmed that it's difficult to find anything of Assays in it at all.
Grade: B+
Labels: NYFF, Olivier Assayas
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