The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
Directed by George Tillman Jr.
Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
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And the films Mister obsessively watches and re-watches to help him prepare for his future career as an actor, like Fargo and Trading Places , similarly feel newly exotic and strange when seen from the perspective of a young man who knows all the words and rhythms and cadences, even if the films seem to come from a much different, more ridiculous, and altogether more benevolent universe than his own.
Mister has made a study of actors in his short life, becoming a master at turning himself into Will Smith, or more tellingly, Eddie Murphy in “Trading Places.”
Mister, determined to be an actor, steals the show practicing audition dialogue from “Fargo” and, more pointedly, “Trading Places.”
Brooks, whose character memorizes lines from “Trading Places” and “Fargo,” has more to play and is a far better actor than young Mr. Dizon, and that imbalance works against the film.
And the films Mister obsessively watches and re-watches to help him prepare for his future career as an actor, like Fargo and Trading Places , similarly feel newly exotic and strange when seen from the perspective of a young man who knows all the words and rhythms and cadences, even if the films seem to come from a much different, more ridiculous, and altogether more benevolent universe than his own.
The imminently likable Brooks is a figure of tremendous sympathy, particularly once his pipe dream takes shape: A closet movie buff, Mister aspires to land a role in a Beverly Hills-set television, and even preps a monologue from “Fargo” when imagining his audition.
Mister is a charismatic kid, a showboater; he's even developed a personal method-acting regimen involving a monologue from Fargo, which he delivers with Stanislavskian zeal.
Mister, determined to be an actor, steals the show practicing audition dialogue from “Fargo” and, more pointedly, “Trading Places.”
Brooks, whose character memorizes lines from “Trading Places” and “Fargo,” has more to play and is a far better actor than young Mr. Dizon, and that imbalance works against the film.
(Mister’s audition monologue is Steve Buscemi’s parking-garage rant from Fargo. ) But the movie shows no such restraint, steering its preteen protagonists through a series of terrifying heartbreaks while populating its cast with more guest stars—Jordin Sparks!