Jesus' Son
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Time Out says
Its been a long time since Crush, but New Zealander Maclean's first US film is a frisky adaptation of a collection of short stories by Denis Johnson, recounting the misadventures of the drug-addled Fuck Head (FH for short) in the Midwest in the early '70s. The freewheeling tone (Maclean modifies her style between episodes) somewhat resembles Drugstore Cowboy. A sequence involving a knife and an eyeball is the funniest thing I've seen all year. The redemptive thrust of the second half is obviously a bit harder to swallow, but see the film for Billy Crudup's wonderful central performance, which holds everything together and justifies all the buzz which has gathered around him.Author: TCh
Release details
UK release:
1999
Duration:
105 mins
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Cast:
Jack Black, Will Paton, Denis Leary, Dennis Hopper, Holly Hunter, Samantha Morton, Billy Crudup, Greg Germann
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Screenwriter:
Oren Moverman, David Urrutia, Elizabeth Cuthrell
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