Oddball film with many bright moments and some tender ones
If you're impatient or impervious to the charms of Sean Penn, most likey you'll be unamused. On the other hand, a film whose resume also boasts Frances McDormand, Harry Dean Stanton, Judd Hirsch and a trifecta of performances (live music, a soundtrack and acting) from David Byrne deserves at least an interview.
Even so, it comes very close to blowing the interview, taking an age to answer straightforward questions, seeming distracted, needlessly self-involved and with little interest, at first, in impressing the beholder.
But it does warm up a bit.
To give some sense of both the film's glacial slowness and its self-indulgence, at its mid-point it halts for a five minute intermezzo in which David Byrne and his group perform the title song, in its entirety, live in concert. Apropos nothing, slap-bang in the middle of the film. Now it's a good song, well performed and imaginatively staged (extraordinarily staged, really), but still it is out of all...
Definite must watch
Never heard of this movie and stumbled across it. If you like unusual movies this is one for you! It is a story about a rock star who never grew up. Or anyone who never grew up!! Really great story! Sean Penn was great! Not a mainstream movie! Which is why we LOVED it!! Must watch!
Authentic and Beautiful
This is a really, really good film. Sean Penn carries it all the way, but the supporting actors are perfect too. If I had had to say what the movie is about (without giving away the plot), it's about kindness. What makes it work so well is the authenticity and innocence of Penn's character. "Do you like tattoos?" asks a tattooed man drinking next to him in a bar. "I'm not sure" replies 'Penn', "I was just asking myself the same question a moment ago when I was looking at you." And so it goes. It's a great and happy film. See it!
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