Years ago I was very ill with stomach pains but was socially obligated for some reason to see the film Juno with a friend. The film made me so angry that I forgot all about my illness, and instead of shaking with pain I was trembling with rage. I tell this story because it's the last time I can remember being so disgusted at a movie which treated its audience with such utter contempt. With Old Stock I got some serious deja vu, as director James Genn and writer Dane Clark have obviously been watching the back catalogue of Wes Anderson and Miranda July (a very, very dangerous combination) and have been taking notes. I suspect they also watched Garden State. [Continued ...]...
- 7/2/2013
- QuietEarth.us
Old Stock
Directed by James Genn
Written by Dane Clark
Canada, 2012
We live in a youth-obsessed culture. That much we know. We worship at the altar of infinite possibility, saying āyouth must have its flingā ā and we bemoan those lost opportunities to āmake our mistakesā. But thereās nothing bracing or invigorating about living through a real folly of youth. One that hurts the ones we care about. Those kinds of mistakes can make people instantly old, no matter what their calendar age. Old Stock explores the consequences of two such follies: one that engulfs its title character at the end of high school, and another committed by an older man in the grip of second child(hood)ishness.
When we first meet Stock Burton (Noah Reid), he is living in a retirement home with his grandfather (Harold, played with old-time Allen Jenkins-ish charm by Danny Wells), who is...
Directed by James Genn
Written by Dane Clark
Canada, 2012
We live in a youth-obsessed culture. That much we know. We worship at the altar of infinite possibility, saying āyouth must have its flingā ā and we bemoan those lost opportunities to āmake our mistakesā. But thereās nothing bracing or invigorating about living through a real folly of youth. One that hurts the ones we care about. Those kinds of mistakes can make people instantly old, no matter what their calendar age. Old Stock explores the consequences of two such follies: one that engulfs its title character at the end of high school, and another committed by an older man in the grip of second child(hood)ishness.
When we first meet Stock Burton (Noah Reid), he is living in a retirement home with his grandfather (Harold, played with old-time Allen Jenkins-ish charm by Danny Wells), who is...
- 5/31/2013
- by David Fiore
- SoundOnSight
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