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Name: Restless
Released: 2011-9-16
Cast: Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Kase, Schulyer Fisk, Jane Adams

Restless

PG-13
1h 31m
2011

38%

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From acclaimed director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) comes a quirky, coming-of-age love story between a young man (Henry Hopper) who has given up on life and a beautiful, charming young girl (Mia Wasikowska) who possesses a deep-felt love of life and the natural world. When these two outsiders chance to meet at a funeral, they find an unexpected common ground in their unique experiences of the world. Produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Bryce Dallas Howard and Gus Van Sant.

Director:

Gus Van Sant

Producer:

Gus Van Sant, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Bryce Dallas Howard

Writer:

Jason Lew

Cast:

Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Kase, Schulyer Fisk, Jane Adams, Chin Han, Lusia Strus

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

38%

Critics Consensus: Mia Wasikowska puts in a nuanced performance but nobody else, actors and directors included, are capable of finding a compelling angle beneath the twee veneer.

Reviews

Bay Area Reporter

David Lamble

Combining magical elements - Enoch is assisted by the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot - this one projects an irreverent spirit and may appeal to fans of Anthony Minghella's Truly, Madly, Deeply.

The film can't feel as natural, given its script's adherence to a well-worn formula. Still, it does take on a lightheaded, dreamlike quality that makes it gently romantic.

It might be a meta-commentary on the characters -- but it feels far too earnest for that.

... the film isn't all that bad. It just requires an affinity for saccharine and a certain level of suspension of disbelief...

"Restless" exudes the maturity that eludes Mr. Van Sant's previous fusions of youth and death. It's too bad he still hasn't learned to shower his female leads with the same adoring attention he lavishes on his male ones.

June 25, 2017

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