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Message: [QUOTE="Waffles, post: 264329, member: 703"] There's one movie that sucks me right in every time I watch it, for reasons that I largely cannot explain or understand: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Janie_jones_poster.jpg"]90290[/ATTACH] This movie is a walking cliche, a dime-a-dozen sort of affair, and yet... It rules. It soars through the incredible acting talents of Alessandro Nivola, Abigail Breslin and the entire cast, which breathe life and soul into this film. Like, I have no problem believing the relationship between this stranged father-and-daughter duo, and the characterization is incredibly strong while remaining subtle (the shot of the 13-year-old Janie smoking a cigarette while waiting to see if her washed up dad is going to take her in is incredibly effective at setting up the mood for these two). I should have hated this movie by pretty much every metric, yet I love it more than Wildlike (an excellent film which I also adore, headlined by a great lead duo wandering the breathtaking Alaskan wilderness in an almost silent affair). Sometimes it's the independent or minor stuff that reminds us that, unbelievable as it is, there's a part of Hollywood that still writes love letters to the medium through the use of great, relatable stories and mundane locations, without effects or great pretensions, just with great actors and actresses stealing their roles. [/QUOTE]

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