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penn's directorial debut
this is the movie about family and one man's struggle to help his younger brother.as a big fan of sean penn i always anticipate great things from him,as he is one of the most talented to work in the business.he fills his directorial debut with a great cast.was suprised to see sandy dennis and charles bronson playing parents.the cast all do great jobs and penn's direction is very good.the problems i have with it are that i thought it could have benefited from more of an edit,the film is a bit slow,as well as a bit depressing.i've loved other depressing films,requiem for a dream comes to mind,but after watching this i couldn't help but feel confused on how i felt about this film.is it great,very good,or just ok? i decide on very good because it truly is a good film and needs to be seen instead of hollywood crap being fed us,especially these days.what i liked about this film is that there are no moments of corniness and no cliches that i could see.let's not forget that penn also wrote this,inspired by a springsteen song,and should be given credit for writing such a good story.oh i almost forgot about benicio del torro's 10 second appearance.even within 10 seconds torro intrigues,as he is another great actor,even better used in another penn film called the crossing guard,which i liked better than this.anyway this is a good film and maybe i'll like it even more with a repeat viewing.

A precursor to "Mystic River"?
Viggo Mortensen is outstanding in this character study of brothers reuniting amidst great troubles in their personal lives. Sean Penn wrote and directed this film, his first effort in that respect, and came away with a solid effort that has all the fingerprints of his Academy Award-winning effort "Mystic River". <
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>Mortensen plays the "bad" brother to "good" brother Don Morse in this slice of life set in rural working class America. The film also stars Charles Bronson, who is cast against type as an aging parent, Sandy Dennis and a very young Benicio Del Toro. <
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>It is an unflinching, honest, truthful, gritty and utterly realistic view of a family that is coming apart and simultaneously being held together by the strong grip of the good brother Morse, who is something of a latter day Bobby Ewing cast against bad brother J.R. Ewing in an unstated Midwest locale about 1968. <
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>This movie can move slowly but is also variably gripping, entertaining, revolting and satisfying. It is emotional and carries great depth in the multilayered view of its characters, all of whom mimic real life people far more than in most movies, where the characters are often idiots acting out IQs of 6. <
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>Not in this film, a first time triumph from writer-director Penn. Based on the type of character Penn has portrayed most of his career, I think there must be something of Penn's upbringing in this real world study of people, their interactions, their wanting to do the right thing while being unable to do so, and their sometimes futile efforts to hold on to the good things in life while all around them in crumbling. <
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>The film ends in typical disarray and with an unsentimental message about people, their place in the world, and optimism. This is a very worthy film for people that want to see realism on the big or little screen. <
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>A caveat: This is adult fare and not for children. Watch out for Mortensen's full frontal nude scene about half way through the flick, where he shows off his splendid 1991 physique.