Werner Herzog’s ‘Bucking Fastard’ Premieres at Venice to Mixed Reviews
Werner Herzog presented his eccentric comedy ‘Bucking Fastard’ starring Kate and Rooney Mara as twin sisters at the Venice Film Festival, receiving mixed reviews for its nutty tale. Herzog also dedicated the film to David Lynch.
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Bucking Fastard review – Herzog’s starry twins soap provokes a syncing feeling
Venice film festival: Rooney and Kate Mara play the real-life Chaplin sisters who spoke in unsettling unison in this silly, pointless drama Werner Herzog is such a unique film-maker that even a dud from him has some interest, but sadly a dud is what this is. It is a fiction feature based on a true story which – despite a few laughs – systematically wastes the audience’s time, as well as the talents of its formidable female leads, real-life sisters Rooney and Kate Mara. You can almost feel thi...
By Peter Bradshaw
Read full article →Rooney and Kate Mara had to speak in unison in ‘Bucking Fastard’
Werner Herzog's new film “Bucking Fastard” features sisters Rooney and Kate Mara playing siblings who speak in unison
By Lindsey Bahr
Read full article →‘Bucking Fastard’ Review: Herner Werzog’s Uddled-Mup Fairytale Stars the Mara Sisters as You’ve Never Seen Her Before
Occasionally sublime, often ridiculous and always extravagantly weird, Werner Herzog’s “Bucking Fastard,” unlike its gorgeously interlinked protagonists, is a film of multiple personalities that only rarely speak in unison. Kate and Rooney Mara, appearing together — oh so together — for the first time, are endlessly fascinating playing two sisters who speak and react simultaneously and […]
By Jessica Kiang
Read full article →‘Bucking Fastard’ Review: Kate and Rooney Mara Embrace the Weirdness in Werner Herzog’s Nutty but Thin Tale of Two Sisters Who Behave as One
Orlando Bloom and Domhnall Gleeson also star in this mock-Irish fable about siblings whose hunger for love compels them to tunnel through a mountain.
By David Rooney
Read full article →‘Bucking Fastard’ Review: Werner Herzog’s Eccentric Comedy Is A Bittersweet Tale Of Unrequited Lovers – Venice Film Festival
Werner Herzog’s latest film begins with a dedication to David Lynch, and though it becomes more and more unmoored from reality as time goes by, the film it most resembles is perhaps Lynch’s most traditional, The Straight Story. While it is anything but straight in its trajectory, just as it takes massive liberties with the […]
By Damon Wise
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