Phantom Halo (2015) (original) (raw)
Warren Emerson, once a master Shakespearean actor, is now a gambling drunk. Puck-like Samuel enchants crowds of passersby by reciting the Shakespeare monologues his father Warren all but beat into him, while his brother Beckett, a master pickpocket, makes his way through the unsuspecting crowd. When Warren gets in deep with a loan shark, his sons need to find a way to escape, and like Samuel's beloved, Phantom Halo, they must break free from the mud that traps them.
Warren Emerson, once a master Shakespearean actor, is now a gambling drunk. Puck-like Samuel enchants crowds of passersby by reciting the Shakespeare monologues his father Warren all but beat into him, while his brother Beckett, a master pickpocket, makes his way through the unsuspecting crowd. When Warren gets in deep with a loan shark, his sons need to find a way to escape, and like Samuel's beloved, Phantom Halo, they must break free from the mud that traps them. (less)
Director: Antonia Bogdanovich
Writer: Antonia Bogdanovich
Starring: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rebecca Romijn, Sebastian Roch�, Tobin Bell, Ashley Hamilton, Gbenga Akinnagbe
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Review by Brian Orndorf, June 18, 2015
2 / 10
�Phantom Halo� endeavors to simulate the Great American Novel. Co-writer/director Antonia Bogdanovich aims to create a drama that touches on insecurity, financial ruin, fantasy, sex, and crime, using the saga of an emotionally stymied family as a foundation for the picture�s multiple narrative directions. Ambition is big with this feature, which tries to take the viewer on a ride of suspense and heartbreak, stuffing the dead spots with Shakespearean flourish. Sadly, what Bogdanovich puts into the feature is more interesting than what ultimately comes out. Confused and tedious, �Phantom Halo� i ...read more...