Ballad of a Small Player reactions: is Colin Farrell in the Best Actor race?

Telluride '25: Ballad of a Small Player - FILM FREAK CENTRAL

½*/****starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Tilda Swintonscreenplay by Rowan Joffe, based on The Ballad of a Small Player by Lawrence Osbornedirected by Edward Berger by Walter Chaw Edward Berger follows up Conclave, his empty, showy relevance-grab of an Executive Suite remake, with Ballad of a Small Player, a similarly grandiose gambling flick that aims to reboot Peter Bogdanovich’s masterpiece Saint Jack but succeeds mainly in resurre…

Ballad of a Small Player reactions: is Colin Farrell in the Best Actor race?

Edward Berger has been on an absolute tear over the past few years, with All Quiet on the Western Front landing the second-most Oscars of its year and Conclave nearly stealing Best Picture. While his latest, Ballad of a Small Player, may not be in any serious awards contention, it has still garnered solid attention out of its Telluride Film Festival debut. Check out some of the first reactions to Ballad of a Small Player that have hit social med…