Saturday, August 13, 2016
Tough guys
Today's film is a long and twisted story of a convicted dope dealer who has one day before he serves a seven year sentence.
Spike Lee.
It starts as a 9-11 film but quickly loses that heavy kite-tail.
It is pretty good. Edward Norton is the dealer, Brian Cox his father, Rosario Dawson his girl friend and Phillip Seymour Hoffman is a friend who has his own problems. A teacher in trouble with a 17 year old student. Anna Paquin. She is way over the top and needs to get her shit together as an actress. Another child actor growing up bad.
This is an unnecessary side story which is kind of annoying and could be cut.
As for the rest of the movie, pretty good. It is my second time seeing it.
The acting is great and the story holds together pretty well, even the unlikely ending. It stands up to scrutiny and provides a good suspension of disbelief.
It is sordid and painful and overdone but what is wrong with that?
I took two days to see it because I have been time squeezed. It didn't suffer as a result.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5. Two times are enough. Maybe too much.
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