Paper Tiger review: Adam Driver and Miles Teller star in gritty gangster thriller

After directing the true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett as he searched for an ancient civilisation in the Amazon rainforest; a psychological sci-fi drama film about a sad astronaut; and a coming of age drama starring Anne Hathaway, the next logical step for James Gray was always going to be a New York City gangster movie. This enigmatic director once again brings together an enviable cast, with Miles Teller and Adam Driver playing Jewish brothers Irwin and Gary Pearl as they navigate a sepia-tinged 1980s New York, with Scarlett Johansson thrown in for good measure as Irwin’s wife Linda. Irwin is the archetypal hard-working blue-collar worker, still a little in thrall to his retired cop brother despite them being grown men. So when Gary arrives at Irwin’s family home bearing both gifts and a too-good-to-be-true business opportunity, Irwin jumps at the chance. The opportunity: helping a bunch of fresh-off-the-boat Russians with their oil disposal business in the dilapidate