Fisher Stevens
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What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: The ex-con-befriends-a-kid plot resembles that of grossly underrated Nicolas Cage/David Gordon Green film Joe , with echoes of About a Boy and Sling Blade .
Reminiscent of "Sling Blade" in its themes and tone, the Apple TV+ film hinges on the unlikely bond between a man and a young boy, offering the former redemption and the latter the supportive figure he's lacked.
What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: The ex-con-befriends-a-kid plot resembles that of grossly underrated Nicolas Cage/David Gordon Green film Joe , with echoes of About a Boy and Sling Blade .
While boasting a very similar plot and southern setting to 2013 Nicolas Cage-starrer Joe , Palmer is a quieter, gentler movie.
What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: The ex-con-befriends-a-kid plot resembles that of grossly underrated Nicolas Cage/David Gordon Green film Joe , with echoes of About a Boy and Sling Blade .
It’s About a Boy , but the boy is gay.
Director Fisher Stevens—an actor turned award-winning documentary filmmaker—takes the movie into some predictable places, first as a “buddy picture” showing the gradual bonding process of Palmer and Sam, then layering on emotionally wrenching overtones that might remind movie lovers of break-up dramas like Kramer vs. Kramer or Marriage Story .
There’s style to spare in Ridley Scott’s latest Alien yarn; too bad all the characters are so clueless.
This isn't The Bucket List or Last Vegas or Stand Up Guys, films with Viagra jokes and references to adult diapers, made to reaffirm a sense that aging is just a matter of how young you are at heart.
Mega superstar Justin Timberlake - headlining his first feature in quite some time - feels right at home and though Cherly Guerriero’s screenplay radiates with a “Varsity Blues” meets “Gifted” attitude, there’s plenty to embrace including an important take on toxic masculinity.
But, after branching out into animated musicals with the Trolls duo and not appearing in a live-action movie since starring opposite Kate Winslet in 2017’s Wonder Wheel , the SexyBack singer has returned to deliver what might just be his finest screen performance.
This pernicious misrepresentation of reality is not true when it comes to racism, despite what “Driving Miss Daisy” and “Green Book” might want us to believe.
It's a twist that unfortunately recalls Martin McDonagh's infinitely sharper but thematically similar In Bruges, designed to add an emotional layer that Noah Haidle's script doesn't fully pay off.
It’s sort of a poor man’s In Bruges.
But Allen has a strong handle on his character: Smart without going full “I Am Sam,” cute without being all “Jerry Maguire” about it, and stoic without constantly performing his personal history of abandonment, Sam keeps things anchored in his own precocious truth even when the movie around him teeters towards melodrama.
Singer-songwriter-producer-etc. Justin Timberlake has been so famous and so ubiquitous and so likable for so long, it’s easy to forget he has legit acting chops — but all you have to do is spin through films such as “The Social Network” and “Inside Llewyn Davis” and “Alpha Dog” to be reminded of Timberlake’s talents.
He’s given electrifying (supporting) performances before, most notably in 2006’s “Alpha Dog,” which offered a glimpse of what this character might have been like a dozen years ago.
This pernicious misrepresentation of reality is not true when it comes to racism, despite what “Driving Miss Daisy” and “Green Book” might want us to believe.