This Must Be the Place
Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.
17 December 1972, Cork, Ireland
14 April 1924, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA
4 August 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1987, Dublin, Ireland
19 January 1926, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
14 July 1926, West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
22 January 1972, Israel
27 May 1975, Clavering, Essex, England, UK
1 January 2000, Houston, Texas, USA
22 July 1949, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
4 January 1983, Tipperary, Ireland
January 11, 2013
As oddly magnetic as Sean Penn's performance is, the film seems more preoccupied with being quirky and puzzling than with telling a cohesive, satisfying story.
November 16, 2012
Writer-director Paolo Sorrentino handles the story with surprising thoughtfulness.
November 08, 2012
The movie replaces emotional precision and intellectual honesty with syrupy sincerity and insistence.
January 04, 2013
"It would take a week mucking out a pork pie factory to acclimatise for a hamfest as nauseating as this."
June 28, 2013
The conceit of showing a pop-culture figure's life out of the limelight is beyond hackneyed, but the film's incongruous visual splendor and Penn's all-or-nothing commitment keep Sorrentino's unabashed folly afloat for a while.
November 21, 2012
Penn has created a colorful tour guide, but in "This Must Be the Place," there's no there there.
November 15, 2012
The cast ... is outstanding, dragging the offbeat story through the occasional look-at-me distractions.
June 20, 2013
Sorrentino's aggressively life-affirming movie has wormed its way into the hearts of a surprising number of usually sensible, discerning critics.
November 22, 2012
... a fascinating character study that goes beyond simple quirks and mannerisms.
November 09, 2012
If you give Penn (and the movie) a chance, the character works, movingly and somewhat miraculously.
December 28, 2012
Penn's Cheyenne is endearing and ultimately a little bit heartbreaking.
November 15, 2012
Although "This Must Be the Place" holds our attention, it's a little difficult to say where it's headed.

