Film Review – Phantom Halo

“Phantom Halo” endeavors to simulate the Great American Novel. Co-writer/director Antonia Bogdanovich aims to create a drama that touches on insecurity, financial ruin, fantasy, sex, and crime, using the saga of an emotionally stymied family as a foundation for the picture’s multiple narrative directions. Ambition is big with this feature, which tries to take the viewer on a ride of suspense and heartbreak, stuffing the dead spots with Shakespearean flourish. Sadly, what Bogdanovich puts into the feature is more interesting than what ultimately comes out. Confused and tedious, “Phantom Halo” is a mess of a movie that struggles to keep itself together for 90 minutes, gradually disintegrating until all that’s left are good intentions. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com