From the moment they met, Bobby and Jonathan were inseparable. For Jonathan, the unconventional Bobby is a connection to a larger world. For Bobby, Jonathan's family - and in particular Jonathan's mother Alice - represents a kind of stability that he hasn't known. As they grow up, the boys grow apart only to reunite in New York .. Read more
| Starring | Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright Penn, Sissy Spacek |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Mayer |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
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From the moment they met, Bobby and Jonathan were inseparable. For Jonathan, the unconventional Bobby is a connection to a larger world. For Bobby, Jonathan's family - and in particular Jonathan's mother Alice - represents a kind of stability that he hasn't known. As they grow up, the boys grow apart only to reunite in New York where together with the free-spirited Clare, they invent a new kind of family...
| Starring | Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright Penn, Sissy Spacek |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Mayer |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 08 Aug 2005 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
The Hours author Michael Cunningham adapts his own earlier novel for the big screen in this warm relationship drama. Spanning three richly detailed decades from the 1960s onwards, it explores the complex bonds of love and friendship between former childhood friends, played as adults by Colin Farrell and Dallas Roberts. Reunited in early 1980s New York, the duo form an unconventional family with free-spirited older woman Robin Wright Penn. In a trio of beautifully nuanced performances, the actors breathe life into Cunningham's multilayered but meandering script. Farrell is particularly delightful, displaying a gentleness and vulnerability far removed from his laddish media persona. First-time director Michael Mayer skilfully balances the highs and lows of this left-field tale, marrying poignancy with a strong vein of wry humour. Despite some niggling clichés, it's an endearing ride — although the concentration on emotion rather than action won't appeal to everyone.
Excellent performances... A really involving tale
Colin Farrell as a boy - Bobby (played as an adult by Farrell) loses his parents and brother, ending up adopted by the family of his best friend Jonathan. His friend Jonathan has feelings for him and it goes beyond friendship and Bobby is open to it. Impressive, delicate and powerful game of emotions. Again Colin Farrell gives us an extraordinary and dramatic performance.
I watched this film and enjoyed it equally as much as the book, if not more. As wonderful as Colin Farrell is in this film, the two younger leads were fantasic and i wished there was more of them in the film instead of the adults.
But I cant quibble, truly a lovely film, everyone involved, acting their hearts out and the fantastic Sissy Spacek as a dope smoking mom is hillarious. Wonder if Colin's ahem, 'cut part' will make it to the dvd somehow as was expected?
See it and laugh and cry and be a part of their home. Its an interesting place...