Captain Fantastic 2016
- Director: Matt Ross
- Based on the novel: no
- Cast: Viggo Mortensen, George McKay, Frank Langella, Ann Dowd
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in
- Viggo Mortensen – Green Book, Far from Men, The Road, Hidalgo, Lord of the Rings etc, Hidstory of Violence, 28 Days, A Perfect Murder, Carlito’s Way, The Indian Runner, Witness
- George McKay – 1917, Pride, How I Live Now, Sunshine on Leith, Birdsong, Resistance
- Frank Langella – many
- Ann Dowd – Hereditary, The Leftovers,
- Why? Viggo Mortensen
- Seen: 2 September 2024
Ben (Mortensen) lives in the wilderness
with his six children. He teaches them survival, literature, music, socialism,
love, honesty and life. His wife Leslie, their mother, has been hospitalised
for more than two years for severe bipolarity. They all long to have her back. Then
they learn that she has killed herself.
Her father (Langella) forbids them to
come to the funeral but they refuse to obey. Off they go to the funeral.
I really don’t want to live in the wilderness and I love junk food but we could learn a lot from Ben and his kids while enjoying the film, which is close to a masterpiece. Good old Viggo, again.
4 ½ * of 5
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