Wildly overrated
4/10
‘Into the Wild‘ is an apaptation of Jon Krakauer’s bestselling true story about Christopher McCandless, a middle-class graduate who dropped out and hit the road in search of “ultimate freedom” in Alaska. Sean Penn’s treatment of the story is an embarassingly self-righteous and romanticised interpretation that says much more about the [...]
Into the Wild - Sean Penn
July 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Film
Tags:Alaska·Alt-country·America·Americana·capitalism·Catherine Keener·Christopher McCandless·Eddie Vedder·Emile Hirsch·freedom·Jena Malone·Jon Krakauer·Marcia Gay Harden·road movie·Sean Penn·wilderness·William Hurt
Little Miss Sunshine
June 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Film
Little Mister Disappointed
5/10
I missed ‘Little Miss Sunshine‘ when it came out in the cinema and was keen to see what had been billed as one of the indie hits of the last few years. However I was really shocked at how mediocre this really is. The much bandied-about tag ‘Sundance-approved’ seems to [...]
Tags:Abigail Breslin·comedy·Greg Kinnear·Indie·Jonathan Dayton·Paul Dano·road movie·Steve Carell·Sundane Film Festival·Toni Collette·Valerie Faris