Anthony Bourdain, the acclaimed chef, writer, and TV documentarian who died in 2018 at the height of his stardom, was a man who loved adventure tales and wound up turning his life into one.
Tony is its amusing first chapter.
An origin story about a smugly smart and reckless young man who discovers his calling by throwing caution to the wind and living on the edge, BlackBerry and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie director Matt Johnson’s latest is in many ways a familiar coming-of-age drama. However, courtesy of a lead performance by The Holdovers’ breakout star Dominic Sessa that becomes more convincing and authentic with each passing scene, it has a rough-around-the-edges charm that’s in keeping with its go-for-broke protagonist.
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