The Good Life
by Stephen Berra
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Actor: Bill Paxton, Harry Dean Stanton, Mark Webber, Patrick Fugit, Zooey DeschanelDirector: Stephen Berra
Brand: Image Entertainment
Writer: Stephen Berra
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-11-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Reviews of The Good Life
DVD Review: 3 for some of the performances...
Summary: 3 Stars
I know this kid (Webber) has had a hell of a life and his performances are definitely worth watching. This film has been horribly mislabeled and advertised so I am hoping it gets a fair shake on DVD just to showcase his performance.
First and foremost, I have customers asking about this because they want to see Paxton and/or Drea De Matteo films; they are front billed on this and Webber gets buried on second tier. To be clear - Paxton has 3 minutes and De Matteo has 2 minutes and 6 lines. Zooey has a supporting role but the writing makes it to where her role is (supposedly) important (with a twist in the end) but falls well short of meeting reality. The story of a young adult living a tough inner-city life making ends meet is covered adequately in the writing, and the lengths shown to facilitate his worthiness are noble, but in the end count on it becoming tedious.
I love the whole premise of a classic movie theater being run by the time challenged curator (played by Stanton) and the foreshadowing of the end of our story being played in the first scene - but once you see how this all plays together it leaves more questions than answers and believability goes right out the window. I know I get in trouble whenever I pan a ZD film, but this film cannot hold together above a 3 star reference - I would highly recommend it just to see Webber's thorough performance and Klein showing a much darker (and misplaced for the film) character.
Ignore the whole DVD cover (front and back - "He's finally had enough" - whatever; "Phenomenal" - not really) and rent this to watch some young performers fill some vacant roles.
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Description of The Good Life
A STORY ABOUT A MOSTLY NORMAL YOUNG MAN WHO MAKES THE MOST OUTOF FITTING IN WHEN HE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T.Bestsellers in DVD
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