Raul (riveting Alfredo Castro), a psychopathic, sourpussed, middle-aged thug in 1970s Chile, becomes obsessed with the disco king immortalized by John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever in Tony Moreno, this expertly queasy-making drama from Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain. Dreaming of winning a Tony Manero look-and-dance-alike contest, Raul devotes most of his time to perfecting his act, and the rest of the time wreaking shocking violence. Larrain's (literally) dark, edgy movie is a precise artistic commentary on Augusto Pinochet's miserable regime, which was under way while Travolta gyrated. B+
Tony Manero
EW's GRADE
B+Details Limited Release: Jul 03, 2009; Length: 98 minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Alfredo Castro
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