EVERY THING WILL BE FINE
MASTERS D: Wim Wenders. Germany/Canada/France/Sweden/Norway. 119 min. Sep 11, 7:30 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 1 Sep 13, 9:45 am TIFF Bell Lightbox 2. See listings. Rating: NNN
Working on his documentary Pina left director Wenders so enamoured of digital 3D that he decided to shoot a dramatic feature in the format.
This is the result, a decade-spanning melodrama about Tomas (James Franco), a Quebec writer consumed by guilt and regret after a traumatic car accident. Rachel McAdams, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Marie-Josée Croze drift in and out as the women Tomas’s life touches, for good or ill.
Bjørn-Olaf Johannessen’s script could have used a polish so the characters don’t sound quite so European, and the pace could be a little tighter, but the actors are watchable and Benoît Debie’s imagery is splendid.
The 3D doesn’t especially enhance the experience, but it doesn’t detract from it either. Maybe that’s the point.
