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Title: Why Stop Now? (2012)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jesse Eisenberg | ... | Eli Bloom | |
| Melissa Leo | ... | Penny Bloom | |
| Tracy Morgan | ... | Sprinkles | |
| Emma Rayne Lyle | ... | Nicole Bloom | |
| Sarah Ramos | ... | Chloe | |
| Isiah Whitlock Jr. | ... | Black | |
| Stephanie March | ... | Trish | |
| Paul Calderon | ... | Eduardo | |
| Neal Huff | ... | Dave Epstein | |
| Jayce Bartok | ... | Nurse Mike | |
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Harper Dill | ... | Lucy |
| Tanya Wright | ... | Lisa | |
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Marilyn Berry | ... | Charlene |
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Luna Catarevas | ... | Marina |
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Susan Barnes | ... | Jennifer Michaels |
The story of Eli Smith (Jesse Eisenberg), a piano prodigy, dealing with his troubled mother, Penny (Melissa Leo), and enlisting help from a hapless drug dealer, Sprinkles (Tracy Morgan), on the day he has an audition for a prestigious music program. Events spiral comically out of control as this gang of misfits faces the mistakes of the past, the challenges of the future, and the possibilities of love. Written by ICM Press Release
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Well, there are so many movies out there you can so easily do without. That however doesn't mean that some of them are still being some good and fun ones to watch, of which this movie is a perfect example!
Most people will probably never see this movie, also mostly because this movie is being a low-key and independent production. But really, that doesn't mean that this movie isn't worth checking out. It's nothing to run out for but I see this as a perfect movie to watch on a rainy afternoon or as a way to kill some time with. It's well made, occasionally funny but above all things it's being a very light movie to watch, making this movie easy to digest and simply pleasant to watch, despite of some of its main dramatic themes.
That's probably the reason why I enjoyed watching this movie; it never gets an heavy or too serious one. It manages to find a pleasant balance between its drama and comedy elements, by mostly inserting comedic ingredients and oddball characters.
The setup of the movie is very simple, when things slowly are spiraling down for a young piano student, played by Jesse Eisenberg. He gets in more and more trouble with his family when simply trying to take his mother to a rehab clinic. It's fun to watch the situations he gets in, as he meets more and more people along his way.
It's really a movie that is mostly being carried by its characters and the actors who are portraying them. It might seem like an odd choice for Oscar nominated and winning actors such as Jesse Eisenberg and Melissa Leo to be in this little film but I can definitely see why they wanted to be in it. It's simply being a true actor's movie, in which they are truly able to shine, without having the pressure of a big budget and high expectations and Hollywood producers constantly breathing down their necks.
I'm only taking off a point on its rating because of its sudden ending. Things didn't really felt wrapped up, at least not to me it didn't. The ending pretty much came out of the blue and I wish they did something more with it.
Not a must-see in any way but it's simply a movie to have some good time with!
6/10
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