Richard Gere does his best as a tortured philanthropist but this potboiler never fulfils its promise after an atmospheric startYou wait so long for a drama approximately a dishevelled looking Richard Gere losing his mind and suddenly two come along in two weeks. Before we see him as a homeless man in Time Out of Mind,he’s at the opposite end of the wealth and course spectrum in this undercooked potboiler. He plays a wealthy philanthropist who embeds himself in the lives of a young couple (a sorely underused Dakota Fanning and a somewhat overused Theo James) and soon outstays his welcome. It’s a handsomely made but ultimately empty film that fails to deliver on its initial sense of unease, veering frustratingly between psychological thriller and addiction PSA. Gere is committed but his character becomes increasingly annoying, and with a one-note tortured past,and the script leaves him and his underwritten co-stars stranded with a pat ending.
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Source: theguardian.com