A polite young lad whose bowl cut, sweater vest, and well-worn paperback copy of Moby-Dick clue us in to his precociousness before he even says a word finds himself shipped off to his grandparents' farm in northern Vermont for unexplained reasons as Northern Borders begins — and we know long before he does that this impromptu visit will be an extended one. Bruce Dern is cartoon-villain mean as the aging patriarch, railing on his son (a headmaster at a respected school) for not understanding real work and bluntly declaring that he's never exchanged presents with anyone in his life. Why such a man would agree to house the grandson he's never met in the first place isn't immediately clear. Sad family secrets abound on the secluded homestead in Jay Crav...
- 1/14/2015
- Village Voice
Northern Borders screens as part of the 23rd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival at Landmark’s Tivoli Theatre on Sunday, November 16 at 5:45 Pm. Get ticket information here
Bruce Dern follows up his Oscar-nominated performance in last year’s Nebraska with his starring role here as family patriarch Austen Kittredge, Sr in writer/director Jay Craven’s adaptation of Howard frank Mosher’s acclaimed novel. While his character in the former film was endearingly befuddled, this man is bitter and abrasive. This tale begins in 1956 as ten year-old Austen III ( Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick) is picked up by his estranged grandfather at a rural Vermont train station. They’ve never met, but the lad is to spend a few weeks with them at the old family farm/sawmill until his father picks him up. The boy soon meets his grandmother, the eccentric, ethereal Abiah (Genevieve Bujold), a nurturing contrast to her stern,...
Bruce Dern follows up his Oscar-nominated performance in last year’s Nebraska with his starring role here as family patriarch Austen Kittredge, Sr in writer/director Jay Craven’s adaptation of Howard frank Mosher’s acclaimed novel. While his character in the former film was endearingly befuddled, this man is bitter and abrasive. This tale begins in 1956 as ten year-old Austen III ( Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick) is picked up by his estranged grandfather at a rural Vermont train station. They’ve never met, but the lad is to spend a few weeks with them at the old family farm/sawmill until his father picks him up. The boy soon meets his grandmother, the eccentric, ethereal Abiah (Genevieve Bujold), a nurturing contrast to her stern,...
- 11/14/2014
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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