Un holograma Para el Rey
Directed by:
Tom TykwerScreenplay:
Tom TykwerCinematography:
Frank GriebeCast:
Tom Hanks, Sarita Choudhury, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Tracey Fairaway, Tom Skerritt, Megan Maczko, Ben Whishaw, Michael Baral, Khalid Laith, Amira El Sayed (more)Plots(1)
Light-hearted comedy drama starring Tom Hanks as struggling American businessman Alan Clay. Desperate to recoup lost earnings and pay for his daughter's tuition fees, Clay travels to Saudi Arabia in an attempt to secure a lucrative IT contract with a wealthy Saudi king. After discovering on arrival that the king hasn't visited the development in 18 months and, facing the sack, Clay must find the money and willpower to make his project a success and turn his fortunes around. (Icon Home Entertainment)
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There's more than one clue that the overall result was cut till it smoked, so the film doesn't reveal what it is until the very end, which is its big saving grace, because it's nothing more than a therapeutic monologue by a middle-aged man who finds a wife, a job, and thus a zest for life. In short, like something out of a magazine. But until then, thankfully the film (perhaps unintentionally) pretty much masks what it's about, still acting as exposition most of the time and involving us with more or less unrelated episodes that have momentum, wit, and are pretty well shot.
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