De Niro finally stops playing a tough guy and lets you see him cry about his dad.
Robert De Niro, Sr., was a celebrated painter obscured by the pop-art movement. His life and career are chronicled in the artist's own words by his contemporaries and, movingly, by his son, the actor Robert De Niro.
Acting
De Niro's raw grief—finally not performing toughness.
Direction
Peltz and Gandbhir let silence do the heavy lifting.
Production
Stunning integration of Sr.'s actual paintings and journals.
Director
Perri Peltz
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