Film No. 47 (2024) July 20th. 11:00 AM LUNA CINEMA, Cinema 1, Leederville.
"Do you want to do something for your son? Get yourself to LA. Jimmy Kimmel wants to book you" (Max's agent Jayne slips the good news to him using his son as a cover).
WINNER: Audience Award (Tony Goldwyn) Sun Valley Film Festival. NOMINEE: Knight Marimbas Award (Tony Goldwyn) Miami FF.
Is EZRA simply an unimaginative, continuation of the popular autism trope so prevalent in films these days? I'm not sure about unimaginative, but another film focused on autism and the effect on family life, it is.
EZRA just has too much going on. The title would suggest our entertainment will come from learning about a boy, (on the spectrum, and uninhibitedly going about living in a world still coming to terms with behaviours outside the expectations of most) but it's mostly about a father and mother, Ezra's father and mother, shouting at one another while they battle to cope. There is a grandfather grappling with something from his past. There is a legal side-line, a step-father caught in the middle, and finally a road trip.
Cannavale (Dad), Byrne (Mum), Goldberg (Agent), Farmiga (an Ex) and DeNiro (Gramps) are all worth the watch. William A Fitzgerald (Ezra) nearly steals the show. It's just a mishmash of random scenes; some good and some irrelevant and it concludes with a forced, feelgood ending. Don't take it from me, though. Most folk are loving EZRA. 7GUMS.
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