God’s Pocket 2014
- Director: John Slattery
- Also seen by this director: Mad Men
- Based on a book by Pete Dexter
- Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, Eddie Marsan, Caleb Landry Jones, John Turturro, Richard Jenkins, Peter Gerety
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Hunger Games, The Invention of Lying, The Boat that Rocked, Cold Mountain, Punch Drunk Love, Almost Famous, Flawless, The Big Lebowski, The Scent of a Woman
- Christina Hendricks – Mad Men, Ginger and Rosa, Detachment, Firefly
- Eddie Marsan – Their Finest, River, Filth, The World’s End, Sherlock Holmes 1&2, Tyrannosaur, Merlin, Heartless, Happy-Go-Lightly, V for Vendetta, Vera Drake, 21 Grams, Gangs of New York
- Caleb Landry Jones – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, X-Men First Class, Breaking Bad
- John Turturro – The Miracle at St Ana, Margo at the Wedding, Romance & Cigarettes, Secret Window, The Man Who Cried, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Cradle Will Rock, The Big Lebowski, Clockers, Barton Fink, Jungle Fever, Miller’s Crossing, Mo’ Better Blues, Do the Right Thing, Desperately Seeking Susan
- Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water, The Rum Diary, Burn After Reading, The Visitor, Rumour Has It, North Country, Six Feet Under, Snow Falling on Cedars, Sea of Love
- Peter Gerety – Cymbeline, Public Enemies, The Wire, Homicide Life on the Streets
- Why? I don’t remember but the cast is good.
- Seen: 11 April 2021
There’s a lot of working-class pride in
God’s Pocket but even more clannish neighbourhood pride, gambling, drugs,
crime, death, booze and all.
An obnoxious young druggie is obnoxious
one time too many and becomes dead. The neighbours react in different ways.
That’s about it really. It has moments of absurdity but not enough to carry it.
The cast is impressive but what dreary
people. What a dreary film. It had potential but falls flat.
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