Sunday, March 25, 2018

BRAD'S STATUS dir. Mike White (2017)


(Steph noticed that the kids at Tufts apparently toss basketballs to each other on the quad? Talk about a back-up school!)

A companion piece to ENLIGHTENED, but with male ego and need for respect as the driving force behind a man's mental and emotional roller coster. Ben Stiller plays a veneered Greenberg, the young folks lay wisdom tenderly, and Luke Wilson just needs more, bigger roles. Mike White works in nuance and small spaces, tango doesn't need a ballroom, a pier is just fine.

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