Monday, September 10, 2007
NEW TWISTS
Today's film was
It was around at come and go warp speed this past spring and I wanted to see it.
It got good reviews but no audience.
All the more reason to see it.
It is a thriller with a twist. A brain damaged but not too damaged boy gets swindled into a bank heist at the bank where he works as a janitor.
The plot goes along very nicely but the real thing about this movie is the cast and its interplay.
Ensemble.
And the unusual twist of a former bright star that has dulled some but not too far to see that he is being fucked over by the bad boys.
Another twist. Jeff Daniels as a blind guy; our not so bright boy's roommate.
I am just idling here. I don't want to tell the quite unusual plot.
I enjoyed it and will give it a 4 out of Netflix5.
The boy is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt who was also in Greg Araki's Mysterious Skin which I am not going to rent. I was anyhow, a queer film. Now more the reason.
Gordon-Levitt is a newcomer who is hot. He has three new films in the can. Gotta catch up with the latest.
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