About My Father (2023)
The jokes get old a little too fast in Laura Terruso’s About My Father, which relies heavily on Robert De Niro’s comic shtick.
De Niro is most beloved for his more dramatic parts, his gangster movies with Scorsese, his iconic role in The Godfather II, etc. But starting with Midnight Run (1988) he found a comic niche, which he perfected in movies like Ana…
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