Movie review: Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aug. 27th, 2012 09:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23You've probably seen the ads and may have been pulled in by this quirky little movie.
Interestingly, it was produced by and based on a story by Ahmet Zappa. Ok, I am in.
This is a basic Disney PG flick, but largely succeeds over that. It is a simple plot, and the ending is predictable, but I also really enjoyed it.
Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton are likable, and the supporting cast ( bunch of people you would probably recognize but may not know - Dianne Weist, David Morse, Common, and Ron Livingston as anti-Peter Gibbons) are excellent.
This movie could have been a lot of things- heavy-handed, cheesy, generic- but it succeeds in a lot of ways (in my mind) over similar Disney flicks.
Yes, a lot of it is CJ Adams, playing the optimistic, hard-not-to-love title character, and good support from another child actor, Odeya Rush.
Okay, for a Zappa, it could have been a lot weirder, I guess, but I really have no complaints, it's perfectly paced, and told extraordinary well, There are a lot of good lessons to be taken from this movie, although I am not sure I would call it a kid's movie. I would say maybe older elementary children would be more appropriate.
Indeed, it's story of individualism will be appreciated best by kids at heart. Reviews I have read have been sort of a mixed bag. I think this is probably due to some unmet expectations. Viewers need to understand that they are getting a Disney film, and in such, should expect the basic storytelling of something like Secretariat, Invincible and the like.
Green is firmly in the Disney family film vein, but the film has enough originality to put it a bit above relative fare. It's funny, it's sad, and it's better than what online reviews say.
Interestingly, it was produced by and based on a story by Ahmet Zappa. Ok, I am in.
This is a basic Disney PG flick, but largely succeeds over that. It is a simple plot, and the ending is predictable, but I also really enjoyed it.
Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton are likable, and the supporting cast ( bunch of people you would probably recognize but may not know - Dianne Weist, David Morse, Common, and Ron Livingston as anti-Peter Gibbons) are excellent.
This movie could have been a lot of things- heavy-handed, cheesy, generic- but it succeeds in a lot of ways (in my mind) over similar Disney flicks.
Yes, a lot of it is CJ Adams, playing the optimistic, hard-not-to-love title character, and good support from another child actor, Odeya Rush.
Okay, for a Zappa, it could have been a lot weirder, I guess, but I really have no complaints, it's perfectly paced, and told extraordinary well, There are a lot of good lessons to be taken from this movie, although I am not sure I would call it a kid's movie. I would say maybe older elementary children would be more appropriate.
Indeed, it's story of individualism will be appreciated best by kids at heart. Reviews I have read have been sort of a mixed bag. I think this is probably due to some unmet expectations. Viewers need to understand that they are getting a Disney film, and in such, should expect the basic storytelling of something like Secretariat, Invincible and the like.
Green is firmly in the Disney family film vein, but the film has enough originality to put it a bit above relative fare. It's funny, it's sad, and it's better than what online reviews say.
