Review: City Island
Film: City Island Starring : Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Dominik García-Lorido, Ezra Miller, Emily Mortimer, Alan Arkin Director: Raymond De Felitta Screenwriter : Raymond De Felitta Sometimes before I write a review I'll troll around the internet to read others views of the film. It doesn't influence what I write about. Instead it inspires me to forge ahead with my own views. A few critics complained that this film was too overloaded. I disagree. When you have a dysfunctional ensemble cast, and when the plot synopsis tells the audience that each family member has a secret, you're bound to have to follow a lot of subplots. In this day and age of Lost , Heroes , Flash Forward and all the other ensemble works out there, this is an inevitable path to be taken. Ironically, I had a much harder time getting into the TV shows above than I did this movie. The multiple characters and their stori...