Wasted Talent

Why would this fellow who was warned multiple times, who had the foundation for success in his hands, who listened to two very accomplished actors (yes I mean Mr. Palminteri too not just Mr. De niro) working the entire time with him on the film and this little weasel decides I am going to be a big fat loser who plays with guns and hangs with cop killers and steals someone's stuff for drug money? I can understand why Mr. Palminteri didn't want anything from you, loser. You are a deceitful selfish man and sure you can play the part of a naive young man growing as a person but while you were good onscreen not a damn thing in that movie even what you read in your narration meant anything to you, not one thing. Brother, where is your loyalty?

I lost interest in about five minutes. I have no idea who these people are except for Lilo Brancato. Why was an ex-NYPD officer doing a documentary about someone involved in the killing of one of his own? I couldn't get past that. I saw this as a publicity push to shine up Brancato's image and that will never happen. To be sure, many people told him as he spiraled out of control that he was wasting his talent but he CHOSE that path anyway. I want no part of his egocentric comeback. Officer Enchautegui will not have that opportunity.

Poorly made, poorly executed, poor choice of subject. I wonder who paid for this?

Before watching this documentary if anyone would have asked me who Lillo Brancato is I wouldn't be able to answer. Then again I'm not really good in remembering names, and I'm absolutely not interested in celebrity gossip and sorts. But when I saw his face on the screen I remembered him from A Bronx Tale and The Sopranos. But that's about it, never heared about that story where a cop died, couldn't care less if I have to be honest. That aside, this documentary is mostly about Lillo Brancato, about how he became an actor, how he got into drugs and how that lead to that crime. I'm not going to say that there were no interesting parts in this documentary as there were plenty but hearing Lillo Brancato pretending God saved him and that kind of nonsense just had the opposite effect of what I think of this persona now. First I wished he would start acting again, now I couldn't care less if I saw his religious face again on a big screen. He's clearly a bit mentally ill.

I wanted to enjoy this but I couldn't sit through it. I found myself losing interest because of the amateurish and poorly edited scenes.

What a mess. This overall story is a mess. A complete mess. I am not here to share my opinion on whether or not he is guilty or not guilty. I would rather review the documentary overall. I thought the story could have been laid out better. It bounces around from A Bronx Tale, to heroin usage, and then recovery. It's all extremely odd the way it flows. And then the documentary is centered around a group of friends, so being former addicts themselves, trying to clear the name of the main subject. I think that's where the documentary goes wrong. It's not enough interesting content about the character to really hold the viewers attention.