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- Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
- Starring: Benicio Del Toro
- Details: US / 125 mins / (18's).
Sean Penn delivers yet another powerhouse performance in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's (Amores Perros) potent first English language film. A trilogy of interconnecting stories sees the lives of a mother (Naomi Watts); a dying mathematician (Penn) and an ex-con (the superb Benicio Del Toro) collide with devastating consequences in this remarkably assured picture. Extraordinary.
Review by Garreth Murphy
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