‘Ballad of a Small Player’ Review: Colin Farrell’s Charm Can’t Save Edward Berger’s Hollow Redemption Tale
Ballad of a Small Player, the latest film by Conclave director Edward Berger, has two main things going for it. One is an arresting lead performance by Colin Farrell. He plays Lord Doyle, a con man and gambling addict hiding out in the casinos of Macau; given that he spends much of the film looking…