Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.
While Coppola seems revitalized by quoting from movies he studied at UCLA film school, what ultimately makes Tetro so compelling is the filmmaker's return to the motifs that made his 1970s films powerful.
– Stephen Cole,
Globe and Mail,
14 Aug 2009
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What threatens to be a mere exercise in style proves to be as involving as it is inventive.
– Calvin Wilson,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
17 Sep 2009
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Tetro is, in many ways, a thematic and spiritual cousin to Rumble Fish, another tale of an innocent who idolizes his older brother and craves his affection more than he should.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct 2009
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Tetro is a movie filled with splashes of brilliance rather than being a plain brilliant movie.
– David Jenkins,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2010
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Unabashedly theatrical and richly cinematic, even when it's falling apart...