Question: Does DeNiro ever give a bad performance. His range is as great as any film actor alive. This is a highly layered story, where good and evil become relative, a quality possessed by three generations of men. You can read about the plot in other reviews. What I'm here to tell you is that a great actor can elevate a mediocre story. Nowhere is it more apparent than in the scene where he asks his kid to give up the gun. This monologue is of the same quality as we find in "Mean Streets", "Taxi Driver" or "Raging Bull". The nuanced performance is something to see. If you are looking for a great movie, this isn't it, but if you want to see perhaps the most talented screen actor of his time, it's all there, waiting for you.
Review of City by the Sea
