Death of potential

 

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)

Directed by Xavier Dolan this film stars Kit Harington, Natalie Portman and Jacob Tremblay. Across two time periods we see the life of two gay actors who were pen pals while one was a child.

I think there is a great film in here somewhere however the script fishes around in over sentimentality too much. Given all the acting talent on show here it is a bit of a shame how this film ended up. With a big rework of the script it could have been really good.

3/5