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PAPER TIGER MOVIE REVIEW
A lot has been said about James Gray’s work over the years, such as that he’s a director out of time. He’s been heralded as one of the great directors with his body of work akin to Scorsese and Coppola since he tends explore the dark underbelly of the crime world (mainly taking place in New York) and how naive people people get involved thinking they can beat the odds. Thus his newest film, Paper Tiger, takes all of these elements and puts a family against the Russian mob while trying to make it out alive. Adam Driver plays Gary Pearl, a retired cop, that presents his brother Irwin (Miles Teller) an opportunity to work together as a family. Irwin lives a simple life with his wife Hester (Scarlett Johansson) and their two boys Scott (Gavin Goudey) & Ben (Roman Engel) where he runs his own engineering firm. When Gary presents him with a consulting job to help newly immigrated Russians with construction work, Irwin thinks this is a fantastic opportunity to make a better life for his family. Of course, Irwin being too naive, gets himself and family into an extremely dangerous situation that neither he or his more savvy brother Gary can get out of unscathed. Gray excels in presenting this straight forward story with moody atmosphere and an intimacy that feels incredibly lived in. This is in part because the story is semi-autobiographical based on Gray’s own childhood. Listen as Wright & Nathan discuss Gray’s body of work and if Paper Tiger is a new crime classic!
DIRECTED BY: James Gray
STARRING: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Miles Teller, Gavin Goudey, Roman Engel, Victor Ptak, Cindy Katz, Yavor Vesselinov, Joel Marsh Garland
YOUR REVIEWERS
Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, One Man’s Trash, Screener Squad)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.
Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
Nathan Flynn is the resident goofball of OneofUs.Net, often found overly caffeinated, slightly stoned, and ready to unleash the hottest takes imaginable. As the resident Letterboxd Lunatic, his movie opinions are as bold as his love for Top Gun: Maverick — a film he considers less of a movie and more of a religion. When he’s not passionately defending his latest cinematic obsession, Nathan manages a comedy club in downtown Austin, where he’s somehow avoided being heckled… so far. Around here, he’s usually the punching bag, but hey, someone’s gotta do it.
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