Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
View MoreThis movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
View MoreA film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
View MoreIt's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
View MoreUsually Edward Norton movies are good or very good. Unfortunately, "Down in the Valley" directed and written by David Jacobson is neither of the above. The movie has a bit of a problem with meandering, but that's not the principle problem. No the main problem that dragged the movie down was implausible character reactions, situations, and thinking. How could the young Culkin character continually follow a guns-blazin' emotionally ripped up idiot over his own father? Not just once but at least a few times. Where did the Norton character learn to shoot so well? The report came in as him being involved in burglary. Didn't the Tobe character figure out he was fraudulent on first go-round with the horse? How much older is Norton than Wood - easily 12-15 years.... Anyway, you could keep going - the movie is frenetic in a bad way. Not really memorable nor good, although you could find worse.
View Moresearch of life sense. masks. a strange love story. fiction as skin. ash of a Don Quijote.story of refuges, lies and small world. shadows of innocence and ladder of expectations. summer adventure and limits of images. a sunny gray film and impressive levels of acting. a film like a labyrinth. long, common, boring. at first sight. bitter tale of a looser. in essence, picture of a world. pieces of mirror in which fake cowboy is, in same measure, every character.a puzzle with too many parts.a trip in sensitivity of a universe without heroes. slice of deep America or only exercise of survive. ball of questions with unspoken answers. and ash of a meeting.
View MoreWhen I first watched this movie, I was not bowled over with the outcome and could not really place this into any kind of box. But it's one of those films that you actually think about later on and try to make sense of it. The characters are so well built up that they leave a very clear impression, even though the storyline goes a different direction than expected. I had to re-watch it though to be able to fully appreciate this movie and by the second time around I found little gems that I hadn't noticed. It has beautiful cinematography, a clear direction in what atmosphere it wants to create and some very memorable shots throughout. The music is absolutely spot on, melancholic, slow, conveys a lot of emotions. First I didn't understand why Edward Norton had to play Harlan, it seemed like such a waste of talent. Then I realised that he was needed to carry us through the range of moods and a troubled soul that Harlan represents, to be played by someone who can so perfectly be sensitive and tough at the same time. I did not pay much attention to Evan Rachel Wood in the first instance; but later I realised she actually put in a really good performance. The end of the movie is a bit too long but it all comes together. It is hard to define what kind of movie this is -it's a Western, a family drama, the story of a doomed romance, a very pretty and melancholic tale of tortured souls and unsaid secrets.
View MoreIt bored me.A lot.No story,no climax,no anything.I think it's Norton's worst movie.I watched it with my friends,and,at the end,after approximately 2 hours of waiting for something interesting to happen,we looked at each other...and laughed.Why?Because this movie is not interesting at all.I could say it's idiotic and senseless.A lot of unfounded actions,a lot of exaggerated gestures.And the ending...just as disappointing as the rest of the film.It makes you wonder it the film even has a storyline.But it's not the actors' fault.It's the directors'.The actors are good,especially Edward Norton.He really does his job.And since he is my favorite actor,i'm going to give this...thing...6/10
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