Monday, June 11, 2012

For The Love of Money

COMING SOON: Ellie Kanner Zuckerman's For The Love of Money (Israel , 2012) - Based on a true story, "For the Love of Money" unfortunately comes off as routine pulp fiction, an attempted Scorsese-esque crime epic that too often feels like an underdeveloped outline. Time and budgetary limitations are apparent as this tale of an Israeli family's travails on both sides of the law (and the Atlantic) crams in more years, characters and incidents than it can satisfyingly realize, papering gaps with expository narration. Familiar supporting names will do more for home-format prospects than the pic's bicoastal theatrical launch June 8, though homegrown star Yehuda Levi may boost bigscreen biz in Israel.

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