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The Gray Man (2007)

Director:
Scott L. Flynn
COUNTRY
USA
GENRE
Drama/Biography
NORWEGIAN TITLE
The Gray Man
RUNNING TIME
98 minutes
Producer:
Aaron Osborne
Screenwriter:
Lee Fontanella


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Albert Fish Patrick Bauchau
Det. Will King Jack Conley
Captain Ayers John Aylward ½
Delia Budd Jillian Armenante
Albert Fish, Jr. Silas Weir Mitchell
Gertrude Mollie Milligan ½
Grace Budd Lexi Ainsworth
Detective Maher Vyto Ruginis

 

Review

This account of the life of infamous serial killer and cannibal Albert Fish looks good and offers a fine lead performance by Belgian actor Patrick Bauchau, but the film never goes beyond the strictly necessary and well-established facts. There is little insight into Fish's youth and background, or to his development as a criminal - instead the filmmakers concentrate on the much publicised Grace Budd case, turning it into a very ordinary detective story. The film's most powerful emotional aspect - apart from the obvious horror of Fish's acts - comes through the portrayal of his daughter Gertrude, who desperately tries to uphold her image of a good father.

 

Copyright © 8.1.2010 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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