One of the most admirable things about Edward Burns' career since the writer-director-star's 1995 Sundance breakout The Brothers McMullen is how well he has maintained his sense of scale.
Somebody receiving a comparable level of festival hype today would have jumped immediately to a Marvel spinoff and vanished in grandiosity, but Burns has steadily continued to make small, character-driven ensemble pieces with brisk running times.
You might not have heard of all of them, but they exist, they play festivals and I'm sure they have fans. Some of that sense of scale goes missing in Epix's Bridge and Tunnel, Burns' latest attempt to conquer the small screen.
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