On the Big Board |
| Position |
Staff |
In Brief |
| 6/25 |
Max Braden |
Slow and quiet, but I really like it that way. Jeffrey Wright is great. |
| 32/60 |
Les Winan |
Murray is interesting, and so is the film. But interesting isn't always a good thing. Thankfully, Jeffery Wright is more than interesting. |
| 32/85 |
Kim Hollis |
Bill Murray is phenomenal as always. He plays deadpan against a cast of outlandish characters. The movie has really stuck with me, which is a pretty heavy compliment. |
| 90/166 |
David Mumpower |
The most damning statement I can make about this movie is that I love every other movie Bill Murray has done...even The Man Who Knew Too Little. |
Jim Jarmusch is an auteur of a director who is unafraid to take risks and go off in unique directions. Such vision has resulted in films like 2004's Coffee and Cigarettes, which was essentially a collection of vignettes that had - you guessed it - coffee and cigarettes as its centerpiece. With an outstanding performance (or pair of performances) from Cate Blanchett and a laugh-out-loud segment that featured Bill Murray interacting with members of the Wu-Tang Clan, the movie was an engaging if uneven project that showcased some intelligent work. Other movies in Jarmusch's oeuvre, including Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and the Johnny Depp starrer Dead Man have established the director as a man with a following, albeit a small one.
Jarmusch will reunite with Bill Murray as he writes and directs a warm romantic comedy that appears to be in a similar vein to High Fidelity. Murray will portray Don Johnston, a man who is totally devoted to his bachelor lifestyle. After being dumped by a girlfriend (Julie Delpy), he receives an anonymous letter that informs him he has a son who might be searching for him. In order to solve the mystery, he will journey across the country to re-examine his past relationships, seeking out his old flames in an effort to add to the growing list of clues.
The movie will be created on an $8-10 million budget and is set to be distributed by Focus Features. It looks to be a bit more mainstream than Jarmusch's past work; however, don't count on anything mundane. The director tends to make films that are stubbornly off-putting to some audience members, and this one should at least embrace that convention in some regard. (Kim Hollis/BOP)
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