A fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.A fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.A fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.
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Adult Joe Scot: When I was a child I used to think that being brave meant that you had to take ownership. That to have a dream and to move forward in life you needed courage. But the only thing you need courage for is for standing still.
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Performed by Scott Walker
Words by Jacques Brel
Music by Gérard Jouannest
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Joe Scot (Daniel Craig) lives a hedonistic Hollywood life. His closest relationship is his assistant Ophelia Franklin (Eve). The self-obsessed actor's career is failing and he gets fired by his agent. His mother calls with bad news about his childhood friend Boots' passing. It's a seaside town in 70's Britain. Teenagers Joe Scot (Harry Eden) and Boots are trouble makers. Joe has a fling with neighbor housewife Evelyn (Jodhi May). He falls for Ruth (Felicity Jones).
The structure is thirty minutes of Daniel Craig, fifty minutes of the past, and twenty minutes of Daniel Craig to wrap it up. It's a rudimentary structure coming from director Baillie Walsh who is more experienced as a music video director. The start has a few interesting bits and Daniel Craig. I don't buy the agent having a fit. Agents are weasels and they would never outright fire a star. They would more likely ghost them. As for the finale, there isn't much drama. Essentially, one can't go home again. Craig is good but I question whether the bookend segments need to be that long. The meat of the story is the flashback. In that section, the story is hampered by a lackluster lead. It does have the electricity of Felicity Jones but the boy has limited acting skills. He is very pretty but lacks charisma. There is a general lack of intensity with the movie. The best scene may well be Felicity Jones dancing in slow motion. This has some interesting bits but lacks tension overall.
The structure is thirty minutes of Daniel Craig, fifty minutes of the past, and twenty minutes of Daniel Craig to wrap it up. It's a rudimentary structure coming from director Baillie Walsh who is more experienced as a music video director. The start has a few interesting bits and Daniel Craig. I don't buy the agent having a fit. Agents are weasels and they would never outright fire a star. They would more likely ghost them. As for the finale, there isn't much drama. Essentially, one can't go home again. Craig is good but I question whether the bookend segments need to be that long. The meat of the story is the flashback. In that section, the story is hampered by a lackluster lead. It does have the electricity of Felicity Jones but the boy has limited acting skills. He is very pretty but lacks charisma. There is a general lack of intensity with the movie. The best scene may well be Felicity Jones dancing in slow motion. This has some interesting bits but lacks tension overall.
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- Спогади невдахи
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- South Africa(on location)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,664
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,020
- Oct 19, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $1,117,269
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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