Overview
- The film has finished its festival run and is entering theaters in a limited rollout this week, with national expansion planned after the initial release.
- Critics widely single out Adam Driver’s turn as one of his best, praising his charisma and range even as overall assessments of the film range from strong praise to harsh dismissal.
- Reporters note the movie was made on a reported $15 million budget and lists many executive producers, a fact reviewers and Gray himself use to illustrate Hollywood’s reluctance to back modest, adult‑oriented auteur films.
- Coverage places the film in the context of Driver’s recent career moves: a two‑year Ben Solo/Star Wars project with Steven Soderbergh that Disney declined and his new casting as Nathaniel Milbury/Mister Sinister in the Marvel universe.
- The film uses 1980s Brooklyn and the polluted Gowanus Canal to probe themes of environmental harm, moral blindness and ordinary people’s entanglement with organized crime, a focus that reviewers say shapes Gray’s personal, character‑driven approach.