‘Tony’ Review: Dominic Sessa Shines in a Briny, Bittersweet Coming-of-Age Comedy That Just Happens to Be About a Young Anthony Bourdain

Matt Johnson’s bio-drama 'Tony' features Dominic Sessa in a movie-star performance as a young Anthony Bourdain. Set during a 1975 summer in Provincetown, Cape Cod, the film portrays a college student working in a hectic kitchen. Starring alongside Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones, and Leo Woodall, Sessa balances cockiness with vulnerability. This bittersweet coming-of-age comedy captures the drifting freedom of a formative summer, avoiding predetermined outcomes while serving as an ode to pretentious young louts.