Arthur Newman

COMING SOON: Dante Ariola's Arthur Newman (US, 2012) - A provocative film that loses its nerve, Arthur Newman hits upon a terrific metaphor for modern-day ennui — presenting us with two characters who can only find happiness by assuming other people’s identity — but grows dispiritingly more squishy at about the halfway point. Fine work by Colin Firth and Emily Blunt provides director Dante Ariola’s feature debut with its heart and soul, but one can’t help but wonder how much more resonant a bolder approach to the material might have been. 2012TOR.