For most Americans, their 20s are a decade of transition, of figuring out what they want and laying the foundation for their future; not so for Frances Halladay (Greta Gerwig). At 27, Frances is an aspiring dancer apprenticing at a studio that doesn’t seem too keen on her. She lives in an apartment with her best friend, the more successful Sophie (Mickey Sumner), and is so comfortable with the arrangement that she breaks up with her boyfriend when he asks her to move in with him. Unfortunately for Frances, Sophie decides to move to her dream apartment in Tribeca, leaving Frances to figure out what she’s going to do next. Frances Ha is a portrait of a life trapped in amber, as Frances drifts from place to place, struggling to build her own life. Director Noah Baumbach’s decision to film in black-and-white gives the film a stark look reminiscent of French New Wave films like The 400 Blows, which feels appropriate given the film’s existential themes.
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With Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow take aim at the prestigious but formulaic biopic genre, telling the ridiculous life story of the musician Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly). As a child, the young Dewey accidentally cuts his brother in half with a machete, a traumatic incident that leads him to sing the blues and discover a love of music. His story only gets weirder from there, as he dabbles in various genres over the decades, meeting musicians like Elvis and The Beatles and trying every drug under the sun. It’s a great comedy, one that manages to continue one-upping itself no matter how absurd each scene seems.
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With Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow take aim at the prestigious but formulaic biopic genre, telling the ridiculous life story of the musician Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly). As a child, the young Dewey accidentally cuts his brother in half with a machete, a traumatic incident that leads him to sing the blues and discover a love of music. His story only gets weirder from there, as he dabbles in various genres over the decades, meeting musicians like Elvis and The Beatles and trying every drug under the sun. It’s a great comedy, one that manages to continue one-upping itself no matter how absurd each scene seems.
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