Review: 'Odyssey' adaptation 'The Return' is an acting showcase for duo

28 years after ‘English Patient,’ Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes embark on ‘The Return’

In director Uberto Pasolini's take on Homer's 'Odyssey,' the drama is an intimate human story stripped of gods and monsters.

‘The Return’ Review: Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes Are Typically Magnetic in a Too-Stripped-Down Odysseus Update

Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes, two of the greatest global actors of their generation or any, stage an “English Patient” reunion with Uberto Pasolini’s stately and somber “The Return.” The epic film, shot in Greece and Italy last year, retells Homer’s classic and oft-recycled epic “Odyssey” through a stripped-down lens that frames the story of Odysseus (Fiennes), Penelope (Binoche), and their son Telemachus (Charlie Plummer) as a tale withou…

Review: A new take on 'The Odyssey,' 'The Return' finds its way home slowly, just like its hero

Reuniting Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, stars of "The English Patient," this pared-down telling of a soldier's return simmers, never quite reaching a boil.

Review: 'Odyssey' adaptation 'The Return' is an acting showcase for duo

Filmmaker Uberto Pasolini tackles Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey” with his intimate and muscular adaptation “The Return.” Despite...

Film Review: The Return - SLUG Magazine

If you’re going into The Return hoping for a swords-and-sandals extravaganza that can compete with Gladiator II, you’ll be very disappointed. … read more The post Film Review: The Return first appeared on SLUG Magazine.