The Roads Not Taken

""The Roads Not Taken" is a complicated movie. Directed by British Sally Potter (of the exceptional "Ginger & Rosa"), this feature film had a mixed reception from both audiences and critics - and it's no wonder. After all, with a strange and original development, the production follows 24 turbulent hours in the life of a father and daughter (Javier Bardem and Elle Fanning), while she deals with the challenges of the patriarch's seemingly chaotic mental state, walking through the city of New York. The performances of the duo of protagonists are powerful and daring, playing with the feelings of the characters and the spectators all the time. However, the rhythm of the film is not the most interesting. After all, instead of following a chaotic style, like "Rough Gems", Potter opts to put the feature film on a strange path, transitioning between an exaggerated slowness and some moments not very cohesive with the rest of the narrative. Not to mention the somewhat strange and abrupt ending, which can further alienate a large part of the audience. But that's it: in general, it's a different movie and it needs the viewer to buy the different idea."