{"id":1857,"date":"2026-06-15T19:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T19:06:25","slug":"the-revisionist-review-alison-brie-and-an-excellent-dustin-hoffman-lead-a-strong-cast-through-a-weak-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1857","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Revisionist\u2019 Review: Alison Brie and an Excellent Dustin Hoffman Lead a Strong Cast Through a Weak Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tMovies about writers face a rare challenge: After all, how cinematic is it to show someone tormented by a blank page or an unresponsive computer? The Oscar-winning <em>Capote<\/em> had the dramatic advantage of a protagonist investigating a horrific mass murder. But that was an exception. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1855\">Michael J. Fox to Voice Lead Role in \u2018Dragoons\u2019 Animated Movie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tDefying those difficulties, Alex Vlack\u2019s <em>The Revisionist<\/em>, a Tribeca world premiere, gives us not one but four main characters who are published or aspiring writers. Suffice it to say that the spectacle, while not exactly comparable to watching paint dry, is not always scintillating.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tThe Revisionist\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div>\n<span>The Bottom Line<\/span><br \/>\n<span><\/p>\n<p>\tHoffman saves the day \u2014 and the movie.<br \/>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<strong>Venue:<\/strong> Tribeca Festival (Spotlight Narrative)<br \/><strong>Cast:<\/strong> Alison Brie, Andr\u00e9 Holland, Tom Sturridge, Dustin Hoffman<br \/><strong>Director-screenwriter:<\/strong> Alex Vlack<br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 hour 30 minutes\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tIt definitely helps to have four such gifted actors engaged in the endeavor. We first meet old friends John, played by Andr\u00e9 Holland, and Jacob, portrayed by Tom Sturridge, when they accidentally run into each other after a long separation. Jacob is married to Elise, played by Alison Brie, who is struggling with her latest novel. Jacob\u2019s father David, played by Dustin Hoffman, is a once-storied author who has not written anything in decades. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tBoth Jacob and John think they might be able to eke out David\u2019s life story for a tell-all bestseller. Elise, meanwhile, is trying to fend off her agent who keeps pressing her about a long overdue deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1853\">\u2018Love Island USA\u2019 Executive Producer James Barker Dies After Medical Emergency in Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs we learn more about the four characters, drama escalates. Yet the drama is mainly verbal, and while there are revelations about the family history, even a 90-minute running time seems padded. We can be grateful that the actors are appealing and skillful. Holland, who had important roles in <em>Selma<\/em> and <em>Moonlight<\/em>, always captivates. But while Brie is a gifted performer, she can\u2019t really overcome the bad behavior that the script forces her to enact as perhaps the least sympathetic of the four leads. The British Sturridge plays with an American accent until the final scenes when he reverts to a British accent for no discernible reason.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFortunately, Hoffman, who between this and <em>Tuner<\/em> has been enjoying something of a late-career resurgence, sweeps in to save the day. He interacts gracefully with the other three performers, and he manages to etch a memorably complex character. At the start, David seems abrasive and unloving toward his own son and altogether too inviting toward John, who is eager to take over the biographical project that Jacob was angling for. But as we learn more of the complex history of Jacob and his parents, our sympathy coalesces around David, even though the actor never begs for it.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSo who\u2019s going to publish a book at the end of this story of writers with swollen egos? The answer may or may not surprise you, but whether you will care is another issue. The picture is well crafted as well as skillfully cast, but it never rises from literary conceit to genuinely compelling drama. Only when Hoffman is holding center stage do you feel you are watching a real movie, rather than a ponderous creative exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=1852\">Netflix Scripted Series Exec On TV Content Spend: \u201cWe\u2019re Not Slowing Down\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dustin Hoffman stars in &#8216;The Revisionist&#8217; alongside Alison Brie and Andr\u00e9 Holland, playing a once-celebrated author.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[207,1562,430,374,1037,260,1038],"class_list":["post-1857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-alison-brie","tag-andre-holland","tag-dustin-hoffman","tag-tom-sturridge","tag-tribeca-2026","tag-tribeca-festival","tag-tribeca-film-festival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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