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Tenderness (2008)
Director: John Polson
Movie review
From Time Out London
It opens, predictably, with a tender kiss, before we’re introduced to the film’s trio of seriously depressed players: a mixed-up teenage girl, Lori (Sophie Traub); a semi-retired cop (Russell Crowe, sleepwalking); and an unhappy lad, Eric (Jon Foster), who may or may not have slaughtered his parents. When Eric is released from prison, Lori (who, it transpires, is besotted with him) joins him on a road trip…When the soundtrack isn’t bracketing the depressing emotional scenes with airy strings, it’s all eerie and tense, as if to imply that something awful might occur. But after 80 minutes of plot holes, ambiguous meanderings through the New York countryside and some of the most inconsequential dialogue ever uttered, you’ll be gasping for some action.
Author: Derek Adams
Time Out London Issue 2027, June 25 – July 1, 2009
Cast & crew
Director: John Polson
Cast: Russell Crowe, Sophie Traub full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 101 mins
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