Absolutely Brilliant!
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
View MoreClever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
View MoreThe film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
View MoreThe story of a hippy couple who bring up their kids to be questioning, self reliant, and independant. On a road trip across America, their values are explored in contrast to the normal Americans they meet and interact with. The views are shown as being honest, even though the exchanges are idealised somewhat, and slightly unrealistic. However, its a fun and engaging ride and makes you think
View MorePutting noam chomsky on a pedestal, please... plotless movie about "alternative lifestyle"
View MoreVery good and affective Hollywood sentimentality. Lovely scenery, fine acting, and dramatic use of musical hooks. So far, so good . The froth is very well done.The substance, however , is unbelievable drivel . As usual with this type of 'feelgood' pap the underlying message is concrete, establishment, American dream. Whatever else happens the dream wins - there is only one way to live and be content and that is to grovel before the adman's spiel and totally resign to their whims. The entire plot is based upon the emotional freak out of a family within the 1% financially and culturally and has no connection whatever with the vast bulk of humanity . None of what happens could or would occur in any normal family - largely because they wouldn't have the hard cash to indulge in such flippant nonsense, but primarily because all of the consequences of this family's actions in this film would hang far more heavily and permanently upon a middle/working class group. The froth continues in a lame and frankly offensive view of mental illness and a frivolous take on cultural differences . For anyone with a fully functional frontal cortex the morality play is so simplistic as to be risible - right and wrong are literally thrown down the toilet. This might have been a truly moving and authentic piece had it been set in normality rather than in extreme privilege .
View MoreThis movie is about a family who live their entire lives in the wild. The movie is beautifully written and the actors do an amazing job showing the various emotion that flows throughout the movie. Also the soundtracks goes incredibly well with the movie. In all I really enjoyed watching this movie and I highly recommend, watching this movie.
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