Monday, March 29, 2010
FANATIC
Today's movie was
A nebbishy kind of guy is a rabid fan of the Giants football team.
He stalks a star of the team. The star takes offense and clocks him. The fan struggles with his loyalties to the team and his own integrity.
This guy is a retarded adolescent and he knows it but it is his life.
We see other similar people.
I figure, given the money in the game, that this is a significant culture. That is not the point of the film. We are more involved in the fan's struggle with himself and those few around him who want him to change and get a "serious life".
Patton Oswalt is the fan. He is great. It is his film. You can see what is going on just by watching him. Oswalt is a standup comic who also voiced Remy the rat in the Pixar animation “Ratatouille”. He is very good.
There are a lot of surprises in the film and they all "sell". It is a loving portrait of a somewhat unloveable guy.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
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