Labor Day

Henry Wheeler (Gattlin Griffith) lives with his mother, Adele (Kate Winslet) a depressive mother who had been divorced from her husband. Once when both were shopping in a supermarket when Henry met with a prisoner who has just escaped from prison, Frank Chamber (Josh Brolin) who then passengers stay in their homes - and predictably, the seeds of love grow between Frank and Adele.

review:

I've never said it if I am a fan of Jason Reitman - with his films poppy, lightweight and smart. But well, Labor Day is sort of the opposite of what was never done before in films like Reitman Thank You For Smoking or Juno. Labor Day is a fairly melodrama lilting style of a novel Daniele Steel and Nicholas Sparks, and perhaps this is what makes the score obtained in rottentomatoes quite a landslide, 33%. That's why I did not before watching expects too high, and while watching hoping to find defects what makes this movie gets pretty bad reviews from the critics. And guess what, although obviously not work Rietman Labor Day the most fun, but the film is not as bad as what dicelotehkan by critics. To me, Labor Day remains a romantic romance to watch.

Okeee, Kate Winslet as a depressive suburban mom is too cliche role for himself - repeatedly ex-wife's Sam Mendes to play the movie with a very similar role, call it Little Children and Revolutionary Road.Agak tedious indeed have to see Kate Winslet with expression and similar character, but I can not imagine another actress playing a more fitting as Adele besides himself. Dihadirkannya chemistry with Josh Brolin who plays Frank Chamber also so convincing. Frankyang looks grim but be gentle is the figure of the character "ideal father" who wrote desirable, so it is not difficult when Frank and Adele became the central figure who will be supported so that the audience both a happy ending love story.

Although at first glance like Labor Day romance between Adele and Frank, but the real Labor Day tells about the life of Henry, who longed for a father figure in his life were heavy - (13 years old and lived alone with a mother who is clearly unstable tough life). Frank figure dateng sudden uninvited and fortunately can be either be a father figure during the time he missed, and I think this is the most beautiful thing on the whole duration of the movie is almost 2 hours. Gattlin Griffith who plays Henry did not act with a very unusual, but he was able to show the innocence and melancholy sympathetic.

Setting the edge of town in the late 80s, with a yellowish color tone - is a portrait of a typical suburban American life that I obsesikan (I dream of living in the suburbs America * America should know! * - Sort of become part of the video clip of his Sprawl II Arcade Fire). This factor probably makes me quite enjoy Labor Day. Reitman mendirect Labor Day with the cinematography is quite beautiful with a rather slow tempo - and increasingly making Labor Day quite beautiful to behold.

So far I seem to like Labor Day, but not necessarily Labor Day does not have a disability. Slow groove is beautiful and melancholy, but on the other side of the groove slowly undermine the unity of the whole story - because as if Frank was present in the lives of Adele and Henry for months, not just 3 days. 3 days is too short and it seems impossible to make an incredible bond between Frank with Adele and Henry, yet never did Kate Winslet with Leonardo Di Caprio in Titanic. If there is a complaint that the emerging romance between the kidnappers and the victim was a kind of illogical Stockhlom Syndrome, I think it can happen if penculikmu is kind of sexy inmate Josh Brolin is a good heart - and yet romance is far more realistic than fall in love with computer program (by which I mean Her movie, of course).

In addition of course we missed an intelligent script and badass from previous Reitman films, with stories yangquirky and modern - that you will not find on Labor Day. Maybe Labor Day is the other side that wants to show that his career Reitman is not trapped in the films are almost similar, but arguably that Reitman forgot to show its fresh side in his films before. However, in addition to fault Josh Brolin who shaved his mustache (without the mustache looks ridiculous Brolin), overalls Labor Day for me is still quite beautiful.

Overview:

Screw the critics. Apart from a little bit keklisean lilting, Labor Day is a beautiful presentation of a Jason Reitman melodramatic. Chemistry Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin so vivid and convincing, and the spirit of Labor Day. You may be longing for fresh humor of the film - Reitman movie before, but it does not mean Labor Day is a bad movie. Not outstanding, but quite beautiful.