Actor and sometime Director Matt Ross Delivers a Controversial, Thought Provoking, Emotional, Heady, Earthy, Contemplation on Life in 21st Century America.
It Wears its Counter-Cultural, Communal Existence, Artistically and Intellectually pinned on its Sleeve and is Not Afraid to Question the Flaws in an Isolated Upbringing of Children that will Require for Their "Survival" a more well Rounded "Education".
Of Course the Answer is Compromise. Although there is something Winning about "Power to the People and Sticking it to the Man".
By the way, how Ironic is it that the Rants of the Hippies and Jerry Rubin got Donald Trump Elected President in 2016. He Co-Opted a Far Left Ideology and Turned it into Right-Wing Votes with the same Anti-Establishment Rhetoric.
Viggo Mortensen is Outstanding and the rest of the Cast, including the Brainy Brood, are just as Good. The Film is Funny and Heartbreaking with an Artistic Design that Beautifies the Surroundings of a Paradise Lost and Rediscovered as a Necessary "Evil" in Today's Environment that One must Reluctantly Embrace, if not Independently Wealthy, to have a Chance at Competing in the Real World.
There are enough Happenings here that makes His Determined Detachment at least Questionable and Dad comes to Realize that Maybe He has been Mistaken, concerning His Wife and the Children and as a Bright, Heartfelt Man He must sometimes do what is "Wrong" to make Things "Right" for the Family.
Overall, an Excellent Film that is bound to be Misunderstood by Knee-Jerks on a Myriad of Things that are so Complex and could Never be Fully Covered ("Clothes when we eat please.") in a Two Hour Entertainment.
It Wears its Counter-Cultural, Communal Existence, Artistically and Intellectually pinned on its Sleeve and is Not Afraid to Question the Flaws in an Isolated Upbringing of Children that will Require for Their "Survival" a more well Rounded "Education".
Of Course the Answer is Compromise. Although there is something Winning about "Power to the People and Sticking it to the Man".
By the way, how Ironic is it that the Rants of the Hippies and Jerry Rubin got Donald Trump Elected President in 2016. He Co-Opted a Far Left Ideology and Turned it into Right-Wing Votes with the same Anti-Establishment Rhetoric.
Viggo Mortensen is Outstanding and the rest of the Cast, including the Brainy Brood, are just as Good. The Film is Funny and Heartbreaking with an Artistic Design that Beautifies the Surroundings of a Paradise Lost and Rediscovered as a Necessary "Evil" in Today's Environment that One must Reluctantly Embrace, if not Independently Wealthy, to have a Chance at Competing in the Real World.
There are enough Happenings here that makes His Determined Detachment at least Questionable and Dad comes to Realize that Maybe He has been Mistaken, concerning His Wife and the Children and as a Bright, Heartfelt Man He must sometimes do what is "Wrong" to make Things "Right" for the Family.
Overall, an Excellent Film that is bound to be Misunderstood by Knee-Jerks on a Myriad of Things that are so Complex and could Never be Fully Covered ("Clothes when we eat please.") in a Two Hour Entertainment.