‘The Plough’ Review: A Low-Stakes Trifle for Philippe Garrel Fans and Family Members Only
variety.comJessica Kiang Given the reportedly frequent use of puppets as aids to the therapeutic process, one might expect a family of third-generation puppeteers to be among the most well-adjusted people in the world.
Or among the least, given the other connotation of puppetry, as a conduit for demonic, psychotic or otherwise malign energies.
Sadly, neither is the case with the clan in Philippe Garrel’s “The Plough,” a featherweight folderol even by the director’s uneven recent standards, which seems mainly conceived as a cozy way for the veteran director to spend a little time reminding his real-life family how much they will miss him when he’s gone.
It’s all about relationships but for anyone not surnamed Garrel, trying to find anything much to relate to in “The Plough” is a lonely furrow indeed.
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