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This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.
23 June 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 October 1962, Rome, Lazio, Italy
5 January 1969, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
21 May 1986, USA
1987, Dublin, Ireland
9 March 1934, New York City, New York, USA
14 July 1926, West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
14 May 1952, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
4 January 1983, Tipperary, Ireland
28 March 1965, Detroit, Michigan, USA
1 January 2000, Houston, Texas, USA
June 20, 2013
Sorrentino's aggressively life-affirming movie has wormed its way into the hearts of a surprising number of usually sensible, discerning critics.January 04, 2013
"It would take a week mucking out a pork pie factory to acclimatise for a hamfest as nauseating as this."November 09, 2012
If you give Penn (and the movie) a chance, the character works, movingly and somewhat miraculously.November 22, 2012
... a fascinating character study that goes beyond simple quirks and mannerisms.June 28, 2013
The conceit of showing a pop-culture figure's life out of the limelight is beyond hackneyed, but the film's incongruous visual splendor and Penn's all-or-nothing commitment keep Sorrentino's unabashed folly afloat for a while.December 28, 2012
Penn's Cheyenne is endearing and ultimately a little bit heartbreaking.November 16, 2012
Writer-director Paolo Sorrentino handles the story with surprising thoughtfulness.January 11, 2013
As oddly magnetic as Sean Penn's performance is, the film seems more preoccupied with being quirky and puzzling than with telling a cohesive, satisfying story.November 08, 2012
The movie replaces emotional precision and intellectual honesty with syrupy sincerity and insistence.November 15, 2012
The cast ... is outstanding, dragging the offbeat story through the occasional look-at-me distractions.November 21, 2012
Penn has created a colorful tour guide, but in "This Must Be the Place," there's no there there.November 15, 2012
Although "This Must Be the Place" holds our attention, it's a little difficult to say where it's headed.