Stone
2010
**
Director: John Curran
Cast: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy, Rafael Souza, Enver Gjokaj, Pepper Binkley
After serving eight years, Gerald "Stone" Creeson, a convicted arsonist, hopes to be released on parole. But first Stone and his beautiful wife must persuade parole officer Jack Mabry, who is trying to come to terms with his own sins. The set-up doesn't sound like much and John Curran's film certainly doesn't exceed my expectations. While I waited for something to happen or the film to have a point, this slow-burning psychological drama plodded to its flat and frustrating conclusion. Norton feels actorly in the title role but De Niro gives one of his least awful performances in years.
