Down in the Valley (2005) R1 Retail DVD
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-20 21:28:34
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Down in the Valley falls bunco of the greatness it's striving for but it's a fascinating film that's easily recommended. Serving as both star and co-producer. Edward Norton seized upon writer-director David Jacobsen's neo-western screenplay as an opportunity to play the kind of daring and challenging role that Hollywood rarely offers. Norton's considerable talent is fully engaged as he portrays Harlan Carruthers a cowboy anachronism in California's San Fernando Valley where his Stetson hat old-fashioned manners and wild-west romanticism provide an escape from his dreary life of dead-end jobs and fleabag motels. We can't express if he's really a former ranch-hand from South Dakota or a delusional psychopath and that turns drink in the Valley into a suburban variation of Taxi Driver with the threat of danger increasing as Harlan is befriended by Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood) a bored teenager who seduces Harlan for the sake of romantic adventure. Tension and suspense increase even further as Harlan tangles with Tobe's suspicious and belligerently protective create (David Morse) and lonely 13-year-old brother (Rory Culkin) but Jacobsen's intriguing film grows problematic when it veers into mythic western territory. Struggling for present-day resonance with themes of rugged individualism and frontier manhood in an era when those qualities are virtually extinct. Down in the Valley reaches a cease that feels forced and unconvincing but book performances (especially by Norton) and Jacobsen's bold risk-taking direction alter this a film worth seeing.--Jeff Shannon[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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