I honestly do now know what to make of this new trailer for A Little Chaos, which premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. This is Alan Rickman‘s first film as a director in seventeen years, and it looks like a tonal mess. I could not tell when they were trying to be funny or serious. When that is the question in your head, something is not coming through.
The film does sport a very impressive cast, including its director, Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jennifer Ehle, and Stanley Tucci is a comical wig. If that cast was placed in any film, I would buy a ticket to see it. That is just too much talent to ignore. But this is what they come together on?
I may end up being totally wrong, and the film, which is set to be released March 27, 2015, may turn out terrific. But this tonal mess of a trailer really does not look good. Although Tucci hamming it up is always entertaining. Always.
Am I the only one who feels this way about the trailer? You can give it a watch below and determine if I am totally off-base here.
A female landscape-gardener is awarded the esteemed assignment to construct the grand gardens at Versaillers, a gilt-edged position which thrusts her to the very centre of the court of King Louis XIV. Can she overcome the challenges of this new and complex world, and the ghosts of her own past tragedy, to secure a future with the man she loves?
