Prince Avalanche (2013)
I know this is meant to be a small, touching, offbeat film that charms and infiltrates the heart. But I found it a huge bore. I could never get over the threshold to connect with the characters, as likable as they are. The dialog is nice in a down home normal kind of way, and the two guys have a rapport which really might have a kind of resonance in a different setting.
The setting is quirky, off in the hinterlands of Texas, doing road crew work. So basically the two young men are alone. Usually they talk about little, or nothing, but now and then they get around to their faltering love lives back in the city. The light cuts across the scrubby tress, the road is narrow and forlorn, the air must smell good. It's a weird kind of heaven, and yet things are so wrong, too. Which is life, after all.
Now I may as well mention that the main character is Paul Rudd, who is a terrific actor. And I suppose he is terrific here, but can't lift up the thin world of the script all by himself. Emile Hirsch plays against him in this not-buddy story, and he's believable, too, so it isn't the acting that stifles.
Director David Gordon Green is also the writer, and I think as an Indie comedy there are things going on here some people might really click into. But you'll know in the first ten minutes what you're going to get in the following eighty. Give it a look and listen.
I know this is meant to be a small, touching, offbeat film that charms and infiltrates the heart. But I found it a huge bore. I could never get over the threshold to connect with the characters, as likable as they are. The dialog is nice in a down home normal kind of way, and the two guys have a rapport which really might have a kind of resonance in a different setting.
The setting is quirky, off in the hinterlands of Texas, doing road crew work. So basically the two young men are alone. Usually they talk about little, or nothing, but now and then they get around to their faltering love lives back in the city. The light cuts across the scrubby tress, the road is narrow and forlorn, the air must smell good. It's a weird kind of heaven, and yet things are so wrong, too. Which is life, after all.
Now I may as well mention that the main character is Paul Rudd, who is a terrific actor. And I suppose he is terrific here, but can't lift up the thin world of the script all by himself. Emile Hirsch plays against him in this not-buddy story, and he's believable, too, so it isn't the acting that stifles.
Director David Gordon Green is also the writer, and I think as an Indie comedy there are things going on here some people might really click into. But you'll know in the first ten minutes what you're going to get in the following eighty. Give it a look and listen.