Wednesday, September 5, 2007

King of California










Photo

Starring:

Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood

Review:

With a crazed glint, a bushy beard and a firm desire to fly over
his own cuckoo?s next, Michael Douglas gives one of his best
performances ever as Charlie, the just-released mental patient at
the core of the hilarious and heartfelt King of
California. Back home after two years, Charlie becomes the
unwanted responsibility of his sixteen-year-old daughter, Miranda
(the ever-wonderful Evan Rachel Wood), who?s been getting by
selling Big Macs. Now she?s being dragged into Dad?s scheme to find
seventeenth-century Spanish treasure he?s convinced is buried under
the local Costco. In updating Shakespeare?s The Tempest,
writer-director Mike Cahill focuses on the magic worth finding
between a father and daughter. That?s why the film sticks with you.
It?s a gift.


Rating: 3 Stars



Source: http://www.rollingstone.com

No comments: