Youth In Revolt (12A)
(Miguel Arteta, 2010, Us) Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Justin Long. 89 mins
How many more times can Michael Cera get away with his "I'm the type of guy who never gets the girl" shtick? He always gets the girl. That might offer hope to pale, skinny dweebs everywhere, but it's getting a mite predictable onscreen. So here he expands his range with the invention of a suave imaginary alter-ego, "François Dillinger", who encourages his cultured but meek virgin to be irresistibly bad and dangerous in order to get the girl (Doubleday) – which, of course, he does. As he's driven to commit increasingly ludicrous acts, the movie becomes more desperate and less romantic, but hey! It's progress.
Invictus (12A)
(Clint Eastwood, 2009, Us) Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon. 133 mins
Freeman was destined to play Nelson Mandela some day, but equally inevitable was that any resultant movie was going to be a stately,...
(Miguel Arteta, 2010, Us) Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Justin Long. 89 mins
How many more times can Michael Cera get away with his "I'm the type of guy who never gets the girl" shtick? He always gets the girl. That might offer hope to pale, skinny dweebs everywhere, but it's getting a mite predictable onscreen. So here he expands his range with the invention of a suave imaginary alter-ego, "François Dillinger", who encourages his cultured but meek virgin to be irresistibly bad and dangerous in order to get the girl (Doubleday) – which, of course, he does. As he's driven to commit increasingly ludicrous acts, the movie becomes more desperate and less romantic, but hey! It's progress.
Invictus (12A)
(Clint Eastwood, 2009, Us) Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon. 133 mins
Freeman was destined to play Nelson Mandela some day, but equally inevitable was that any resultant movie was going to be a stately,...
- 2/6/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
A Russian study of a miracle-working monk is both folksy and beautiful, writes Catherine Shoard
Not to be confused with the damp Ewan McGregor/Scarlett Johansson action romance – though it was made nearly as long ago (it closed the Venice film festival in 2006) – Pavel Lungin's drama is a study of a hirsute Orthodox monk (rock star turned actor Pyotr Mamonov) in remotest Russia in the late 70s. The action starts in the second world war, however, when he wins his freedom from Nazi capture by killing a comrade. Stricken with guilt, he lives like a hermit and devotes himself to performing miracles (he's got a knack for healing the sick and predicting the future), so long as his beneficiaries vow to sacrifice all their possessions, no matter how dire their straits. The folksy structure both lulls and frustrates, and there's something dirgeish about the endless scenes of soul-wracking and tea-brewing.
Not to be confused with the damp Ewan McGregor/Scarlett Johansson action romance – though it was made nearly as long ago (it closed the Venice film festival in 2006) – Pavel Lungin's drama is a study of a hirsute Orthodox monk (rock star turned actor Pyotr Mamonov) in remotest Russia in the late 70s. The action starts in the second world war, however, when he wins his freedom from Nazi capture by killing a comrade. Stricken with guilt, he lives like a hermit and devotes himself to performing miracles (he's got a knack for healing the sick and predicting the future), so long as his beneficiaries vow to sacrifice all their possessions, no matter how dire their straits. The folksy structure both lulls and frustrates, and there's something dirgeish about the endless scenes of soul-wracking and tea-brewing.
- 2/4/2010
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
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