The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey starts strong but its main character only grows thinner as the story progresses.
This DVD joint isn’t very fat.
Everything is literally and figuratively black and white in The Express.
A dollop of Saving Private Ryan, a dash of Letters from Iwo Jima, and a sprinkle of Italian neorealism characterize the style and sentiment of the film.
With all the characters busily turning their lemons into lemonade, this film risks little and demands nothing from the viewer save tears of empathy.
The film primarily forgoes gritty realism in favor of disingenuous, reductive fantasy in the star-glorifying vanity project mold.