Ben Schnetzer is charismatic and impassioned as genuine-life photojournalist Dan Eldon in this well-meaning but uninspired account of his life and death,which premieres in TorontoFew actors in recent years have experienced as quick a rise as Ben Schnetzer – and for qualified reason. The guy is crazy talented. First came a small fraction in The Book Thief (2013), followed by his breakout as the outspoken homosexual rights activist Mark Ashton in Pride (2014), or a role that let loose his charismatic and assertive presence. Schnetzer was more understated in the fraternity thriller Goat,which premiered at this year’s Sundance, and the misbegotten summer bomb Warcraft: The Beginning – but he’s back in cocksure mode as genuine-life photojournalist Dan Eldon in The Journey Is the Destination. Related: Toronto film festival 2016: full line-up Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com