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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.
20 November 1965, Detroit, Michigan, USA
19 January 1926, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
15 March 1935, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
21 May 1986, USA
November 22, 2012
... a fascinating character study that goes beyond simple quirks and mannerisms.
November 09, 2012
If you give Penn (and the movie) a chance, the character works, movingly and somewhat miraculously.
November 21, 2012
Penn has created a colorful tour guide, but in "This Must Be the Place," there's no there there.
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.
November 15, 2012
The cast ... is outstanding, dragging the offbeat story through the occasional look-at-me distractions.
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.
January 04, 2013
"It would take a week mucking out a pork pie factory to acclimatise for a hamfest as nauseating as this."
November 15, 2012
Although "This Must Be the Place" holds our attention, it's a little difficult to say where it's headed.
December 28, 2012
Penn's Cheyenne is endearing and ultimately a little bit heartbreaking.
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.
November 16, 2012
Writer-director Paolo Sorrentino handles the story with surprising thoughtfulness.
