The 15:17 to Paris

2/8/2018

"An instinctual act of remarkable heroism is afforded the least remarkable effort of director Clint Eastwood’s long career.." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2018/2/8/the-1517-to-paris.html

2/13/2022

This be bad. <em>'The 15:17 to Paris'</em> portrays the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Thalys_train_attack" rel="nofollow">an event from 2015</a>. The decision by director Clint Eastwood to cast the real life people as themselves was, in my opinion, a poor call. I obviously have nothing against the guys, quite the opposite of course, but they simply cannot act. It's kinda painful watching them, I gotta be honest. I will say I didn't actually know that was the case before viewing, but I cottoned on fairly quickly whilst watching - especially as Eastwood did similar casting for <em>'Jersey Boys'</em> four years prior. In terms of actual acting talent, Jenna Fischer and Judy Greer feature minorly. It isn't just the cast issues, though. The way the plot is set up didn't i