Vin Diesel earned rave reviews for his lead role in Sidney Lumet’s Find Me Guilty.
But what happened to the film?
A sensational performance, said theNew York Times.
A shambling comic turn… with genuine emotional ambivalence, readVariety.
Hes perfect, wrote G. Allen Johnson of theSan Francisco Chronicle.
No, these critics werent referring to Robert De Niro or Al Pacino in of their prime-era performances.
Sidney LumetsFind Me Guiltywas released in the US on March 17th 2006.
It can be engrossing, but also visually unambitious and clunkily edited.
Its definitively not one of the filmmakers finest.
But it does have an ace: what Roger Ebert himself called a remarkable performance from lead Vin Diesel.
Even in Lumets lesser movies, theres usually at least one great performance to recommend a watch.
All Vin Diesel movies other thanFind Me Guiltytrade on the idea that Diesel is an emblem of cool.
Hes sensitive, lately painfully frank about the personal impact of the death of friend and co-star Paul Walker.
Clearly Lumet understood like no other director Diesels potential for transformation.
In his latest film,The Last Witch Hunter, Diesel is in contrast back to old tricks.
), whose charismatic performance might signal a whole new direction in his career.
Or maybe Diesel found the experience too demanding, and ultimately unrewarding when the movie flopped.
