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James GrayScénario:
James GrayPhotographie:
Darius KhondjiMusique:
Christopher SpelmanActeurs·trices:
Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Angus Macfadyen, Ian McDiarmid, Edward Ashley, Clive Francis, Aleksandar Jovanovic (plus)VOD (4)
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L'histoire vraie de Percival Harrison Fawcett, un des plus grands explorateurs du XXe siècle. Percy Fawcett est un colonel britannique reconnu et un mari aimant. En 1906, alors qu'il s'apprête à devenir père, la Société géographique royale d'Angleterre lui propose de partir en Amazonie afin de cartographier les frontières entre le Brésil et la Bolivie. Sur place, l'homme se prend de passion pour l'exploration et découvre des traces de ce qu'il pense être une cité perdue très ancienne. De retour en Angleterre, Fawcett n'a de cesse de penser à cette mystérieuse civilisation, tiraillé entre son amour pour sa famille et sa soif d'exploration et de gloire... (StudioCanal)
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Critiques (14)
Ne vous attendez pas à Indiana Jones. La ville perdue de Z n'est pas un divertissement grand spectacle (comme le dernier King Kong plat), mais un drame presque intime sur un rêveur qui voudrait être un bon mari et un bon père, mais qui, plus que cela, est poussé en avant par sa détermination à découvrir des mondes cachés. Les personnages, l'atmosphère, l'esprit de l'histoire. Pas de numérique ennuyeux, mais pas non plus de scène vraiment captivante. Charlie Hunnam est bon, Brad Pitt le façonne ici comme son successeur plus jeune. Qu'est-ce que Pitt a à voir avec ce Z ?
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Major Fawcett was no Dr. Jones, but it wasn't until the second half that I realized I was watching an unconventional "based on a true story," film because something so old-world, so austere, and yet so nourishing in terms of audience enjoyment would not have been approved by any legitimate producer, even if it cost a mere 30 million. Unfortunately, it didn't make even a third of that, and since Hollywood is ruled by accountants, I'm a little worried about the blue-eyed blond Hunnam, who (in Czech movie theaters) gave two diametrically opposed charismatic performances in the space of a month. It's really too bad because it deserves a stronger audience response if only for the darkened atmosphere, the focused and careful direction, and the very unobtrusive glosses of the period.
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James Gray is a director that doesn't seem to belong in today's world. This is how films were told in the 1950s and 60s, in the era of David Lean's thoughtful big movies, i.e. slowly, deliberately, with an emphasis on character portrayal, with a strong lead (the charismatic Hunnam was an ideal choice). Today's spoiled kids, addicted to Fast and Furious, Marvel and similar crap on steroids, let them go somewhere else, they wouldn’t appreciate this. This favors a strong story, and I like it that way. PS: Charlie Hunnam is a stud. There aren’t many more charismatic actors than him today. I hope that the lack of commercial success of his last two films won’t kill his career with producers.
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A pretty appealing premise and a promising Charlie Hunnam, who made a decent name for himself after King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, but simply boring for my taste. On the other hand, if the whole film was set in the jungle with the cannibals, I'd find it much more entertaining, but once the story starts going home and back, it loses pace and my interest considerably. The production design is decent, visually it’s ok, but the slow pace and extremely long running time hurt the film. 55%
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Worse version of The Mountains of the Moon meets a worse version of There Will Be Blood. Which does not mean, however, that in any respect it was a boring or perhaps even a bad movie. On the contrary, this is not so adventurous movie about Conrad's destructive obsession with finding a chimera, and exactly the kind of old-school movie that would fit in a movie theater with the clatter of a classic "obsolete" film tape rather than the air-conditioned silence disturbed by popcorn crunch. The only mistake is that, unlike the best movies in this department, this works a little worse if you already know Fawcett's adventures.
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