Movie #1379 "Wilson" -- I normally don't like Woody Harrelson in films -- I think as an actor, he chews up scenery, but he truly inhabits this character Wilson , and I found it quite amusing. I'm sure you've heard of the expression: It is what it is; well, Wilson is, who he is, take it or leave it. The premise of the film is pretty simple but out there: Wilson feels down in the dumps in the opening moreso than usual, and he decides to look up his ex wife and finds out she had his child but didn't tell him --- so Wilson decides to reunite his daughter and ex wife for an adventure. An interesting idea, but you can see the conflicts it could create, esp. when the "daughter" has very rich adopted parents. There was a movie last year that offered a different way of parenting that was as much "out there" as this one (the movie was " Captain Fantastic" --- more dramatic than this one) , bit this film is like that it offers still another type of "family" in our society today --- and what it takes to make a family, etc. This is not a perfect film at all; the language for one is pretty raunchy (I was watching a bleeped version of it , and I was lost in some of the script because so much was bleeped in a line of dialogue), but it offers an amusing indie film with an unusual premise, with very capable people in the leads (laura dean and Woody Harrelson). I would give this a 3.8 out of 5. (and if you are a graphic novel fan, this might take a second look from you, as well)
WILSON 2017 R rated (mostly for language) 1 hour and 34 minutes
Daniel Clowes' graphic novel comes to life in this comic tale about a man who gets back together with his long-estranged wife ... and learns he has a daughter. Set in his ways and decidedly neurotic, he's determined to win his offspring's affection.
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