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Video Movie Review: TESLA (2020): The Ethan Hawke-starring Film Loses its Luster with Alacrity

Ethan Hawke Tesla

Tesla Review

Tesla (2020) Video Movie Review, a movie directed by Michael Almereyda, written by Almereyda, and stars Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Gaffigan, Hannah Gross, Josh Hamilton, Lucy Walters, James Urbaniak, Ian Lithgow, and Donnie Keshawarz.

Crew

John Paesano created the music for the film. Sean Price Williams crafted the screenplay for the film.

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Plot Synopsis

Tesla‘s plot synopsis: “Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy. The film tracks Tesla’s uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan) and his patron George Westinghouse (Jim Gaffigan). Another thread traces Tesla’s sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P. Morgan (Donnie Keshawarz), whose daughter Anne (Eve Hewson) takes a more than casual interest in the inventor. Anne analyzes and presents the story as it unfolds, offering a distinctly modern voice to this scientific period drama which, like its subject, defies convention.”

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Anne Morgan, the philanthropic daughter of famed financier J. P. Morgan…somewhat…serves as the film’s narrator who, from time to time, breaks the fourth wall to explain the mystique of Tesla’s life and his enduring legacy.

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Andrew Toy

I am a film buff who's going to give it straight about the movies I watch, even if I know our opinions will differ. Remember, if our opinions aren't at odds sometimes, we wouldn't have anything to discuss. And talking about movies is what it's all about, right? I own over 500 movies and watch them on continuous rotation.

Rollo Tomasi

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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