Marion Cotillard

We'd been a little worried that something was up with "Blood Ties." The promise of a team-up of Guillaume Canet and James Gray was terrific, especially on an epic crime 70s-set crime saga, and Canet had assembled a hugely impressive cast for his English-language debut, including Clive Owen, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts,  Mila Kunis, James Caan and Noah Emmerich. But despite Gray's status as a Cannes favorite, the film was being shown out of competition at the festival, and disappointingly, it seems that there was a reason for that; reaction to the film, including our own review, have been rather lukewarm. And we think we'd have been even more disappointed if the film had screened tonight or tomorrow, because a trailer for the picture has just arrived over at AlloCine, and it makes the film look kind of terrific. The performances look strong (it's a while since we've seen Clive Owen look that engaged), there's a gritty style to the thing very...

The "Blood Ties" premiere was attended by stars Clive Owen and Marion Cotillard.