The new Colin Firth-Stanley Tucci drama “Supernova” deserves some credit for not milking easy tears. Unfortunately, it doesn’t milk difficult ones, either. It’s a movie that lays out a scenario rife with dramatic and poignant potential before deciding the potential was apparently enough.
There’s no question that it’s a cozily well-crafted production, from the protagonists’ sweaters to legendary cinematographer Dick Pope’s stunning images of the British countryside, but by the time the film reaches its final fade-out, there’s a sense that writer-director Harry Macqueen (“Hinterland”) left too much unspoken and unexplored.
Firth and Tucci play a longtime couple who leave London in their Rv for a long trip. Their destination is a concert, the first that celebrated pianist Sam (Firth) has performed in years. He’s put his career on hold to become caretaker to novelist Tusker (Tucci), who has spent the...
There’s no question that it’s a cozily well-crafted production, from the protagonists’ sweaters to legendary cinematographer Dick Pope’s stunning images of the British countryside, but by the time the film reaches its final fade-out, there’s a sense that writer-director Harry Macqueen (“Hinterland”) left too much unspoken and unexplored.
Firth and Tucci play a longtime couple who leave London in their Rv for a long trip. Their destination is a concert, the first that celebrated pianist Sam (Firth) has performed in years. He’s put his career on hold to become caretaker to novelist Tusker (Tucci), who has spent the...
- 1/28/2021
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
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