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...briefly parodied. By alluding to well-known scenes from past films, these references are perhaps a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement of some of the less original aspects of “Planet 51.” Though the political subtext fails to truly resonate with either audience, the film??s visual appeal and effective humor provide something for everyone...
...however these broad psychoanalytic gestures can be interpreted, they provide little in the way of a satisfactory theory for why the man is the way he is. Far from lionizing him, Refn isn’t interested in reducing Bronson to an animal, a rebel or a martyr. The film??s haunting final scene is certainly a moment of revelation in relief with the story that Refn chooses to tell, but it’s less a moralization than a confirmation of suspicions. Throughout the film proper, however, Bronson remains a living paradox: a submissive sadist, a free...
...film??s final third, where Bronson begins to produce drawings and paintings for his prison’s art program, synthesizes the film??s content with its narrative frame without reducing the enigma of its subject. Bronson’s art is, from what can be seen, mostly cartoonish grotesquery more reminiscent of Daniel Johnston than Basquiat, but his final “piece” is executed with as much theatrical verve and visual splendor in a series of moments as the rest of the film offers in its entirety...
Over the course of John Lee Hancock’s captivating new film??based on the true story told in Michael Lewis’s book, “The Blind Side: The Evolution of a Game”—Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) transforms from a troubled orphan of the Memphis projects to a first-round draft pick in the NFL. Placed in a private, predominantly white high school on a whim by Steven’s father, Michael struggles to acclimate to the high academic standards of his new and foreign environment. While walking...
While the film??s subject matter is undoubtedly grave, Hancock—who directed “The Rookie,” another compelling underdog story, in 2002—seems to understand that there is inherent humor in the uncomfortable melding of seismically different socio-economic backgrounds, and he never stops effectively exploiting these moments of drama as simultaneous opportunities for humor. “Who’d have thought we’d have a black son before we knew a democrat?” remarks Leigh Anne’s understanding husband, Sean, played...