Film
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Certificate
- 15
- Running Time
- 114 mins
When 21-year-old Portland alcoholic John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix) is left quadriplegic after a car accident, his girlfriend (Rooney Mara) packs him off to AA where an unrecognisable Jonah Hill becomes his mentor. Developing a talent for politically incorrect cartoons, Callahan finds a new lease of life and establishes an international reputation.
There’s nothing in Gus Van Sant‘s biopic that we ahven’t seen many times before – y’know: addiction, adversity, redemption – but sentimentality and cheap Tinseltown uplift are kept mercifully at bay, and Phoenix contributes a great central performance.
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