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This Must Be the Place

Name: This Must Be the Place
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011-08-24
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Sean Penn, Olwen Fouéré, Eve Hewson, Johnny Ward, Sam Keeley

2011 · 1h 58m · Drama

IMDb 6.7 Metacritic 61 RT 66%

Skip it. Despite an intriguing premise and Sean Penn's commitment to the eccentric lead role, this Paolo Sorrentino oddity meanders without payoff—it's self-indulgent when it should be urgent, and by the time the Nazi-hunting plot kicks in, you'll have already checked out.

Plot

A bored, retired rock star living in Ireland sets out to find his dead father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.

Director: Paolo Sorrentino

Cast: Sean Penn, Olwen Fouéré, Eve Hewson, Johnny Ward, Sam Keeley

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