Biutiful (2010)

Javier Bardem finds himself in a film noir as a low life gangster in a crapsack city who can't make a profit out of crime. Woe is he.

Javier Bardem also finds in his gangster the ability to see dead people. Woe is he.

if you derive pleasure from from watching a tragedy where a hero just goes from one depth to another without any hope or chance of bettering his lot – this is for you.

Read my full review at Fridae, first published on 4 May 2011.