Arthur and Mike

 

Arthur and Mike 2012

• Director: Dante Ariola
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Anne Heche, Lucas Hedges
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Colin Firth – many
• Emily Blunt – many
• Anne Heche – Donnie Brasco
• Lucas Hedges – Mid90s, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Ladybird, Manchester by the Sea, Moonrise Kingdom, Dan in Real Life
• Why? The cast.
• Seen: 6 January 2024  

        Arthur (Firth) isn’t his real name but it’s the one on the fake passport he buys before faking his suicide, leaving ex-wife, son (Hedges) and girlfriend Heche). In the motel he stays in the first night he encounters Mike (Blunt), also not her real name, who has overdosed. He takes her to the hospital.

       Thus begins this offbeat, melancholy and somewhat unpleasant road movie about two people trying to escape their lives.

       It could have been good and at times Firth and Blunt make it work but as it progresses even they can’t save it. Especially when the side theme of golf takes over. Golf bores me.

       

2* of 5