Tony

THIS FILM REMINDS ME OF THAT OLD SAYING, "IF YOU DREAM ABOUT ENOUGH IMPOSSIBLE THINGS, MAYBE ONE OF THEM WILL COME TRUE." AND, AFTER WATCHING THIS FILM, YOU CAN'T HELP THINKING THAT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS REALLY CAN COME TRUE- BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE IMPOSSIBLE THING FOR WHICH YOU ORIGINALLY HOPED. WHEN WE SEE TONY (DOMINIC SESSA) LIE TO HIS PARENTS ABOUT WINNING A WRITING FELLOWSHIP - & ALSO SEE THE PHYSICAL REACTION HE HAS ABOUT THIS REJECTION WHEN HE IS ALONE- WE DEFINITELY GET A SENSE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR HIM TO BECOME A WRITER. AND THEN , WHEN HE LATER TELLS THE WOMAN TO WHOM HE IS INTERESTED, THAT HE ONLY TOOK THE JOB IN THE RESTAURANT IN ORDER FOR HIM TO WRITE ABOUT IT, THE INTENSITY IN MR. SESSA'S VOICE- & THE INTENSE LOOK ON HIS FACE- MAKES US RERALIZE THAT GETTING THIS WOMAN TO BELIEVE HIM (& LOVE HIM FOR IT) IS JUST AS IMPORTANT. WHEN WE LATER SEE HER CONFRONT TONY ABOUT HIS LIE, THE LOOK OF ANGUISH ON MR. SESSA'S FACE (WHICH IS ENHANCED BY DIRECTOR MATT JOHNSON'S USE OF A CLOSE UP) REVEALS HOW DEVASTATING THIS IS FOR TONY. AND ANTONIO BANDERAS' PERFORMANCE AS TONY'S BOSS IS MADE MORE TOUCHING BY HIS RANGE FROM AN AUTHORITATIVE & HARSH TONE THAT THEN EVOLVES TO A TENDER & PATERNALISTIC TONE WHEN HE TEACHES TONY HOW TO SHUCK OYSTERS & THEN GOES BACK TO AN AUTHORITATIVE TONE THAT IS NOW LACED WITH AN ANGRY DEGREE OF DISAPOINTMENT WHEN TONY DOES SOMETHING THAT UNINTENTIONALLY HARMS BOTH OF THEM. I DON'T THINK THAT I WOULD EVER WANT TO WORK IN A KITCHEN AFTER SEEING WHAT THE PEOPLE WSHO DO IT IN REAL LIFE GO THROUGH- BUT WATCHING WHAT THEY GO THROUGH DEFINITELY MAKES FOR A FASCINATING EXPERIENCE!