This film from novelist turned playwright turned screenwriter turned director, Adam Rapp, opens this weekend. I had high hopes for this one based on a little NYC indie buzz I'd heard about it. This stars Zooey Deschanel as the daughter of award winning novelist parents, Ed Harris as her father, and Will Farrell as her father's unintended house guest. The self-indulgent novelist-as-tortured-soul has been filmed many times before, often by much more adept directors. There was little memorable about this film. In fact, I much preferred the 5 minute short film, Mama Said, that preceded it at the advanced screening.
How self-indulgent and cliched is this film? Let me put it this way ... Ed Harris' character is a reclusive alcoholic novelist who hasn't had a book published in decades ... his last name? Holdin. Holden Caufield anybody? I don't think I was supposed to roll my eyes or smile wryly when his last name was revealed.
How self-indulgent and cliched is this film? Let me put it this way ... Ed Harris' character is a reclusive alcoholic novelist who hasn't had a book published in decades ... his last name? Holdin. Holden Caufield anybody? I don't think I was supposed to roll my eyes or smile wryly when his last name was revealed.
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