Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait Is Less Than Meets the Eye

It should be art. Instead it’s a slog.by Robert HamDirector Stanley Tucci had everything he needed to make a compelling film about obsession and the flimsy line that separates artistic genius from madness.He also had great source material: James Lord’s pithy, fascinating memoir, in which the critic recounts being asked by artist Alberto Giacometti to sit for a portrait in a session that should have taken an afternoon but ended up stretching on for weeks.Tucci also lined up a great ca