Review of Captain Fantastic (2016) by Jhep — 23 Aug 2016

I totally agree with four most negative Critic Reviews for this film....."Captain Fantastic" is sloppy and lazy and self-indulgent as hell.......and - much worse- it's MANIPULATIVE in ways that any Madison Avenue spin doctor would give his eyeteeth to emulate .

....the script is almost laughable it makes so little sense...there is something seriously INFANTILIZED about the Ben character which is conveniently set aside with the cinematic equivalent of a shrug.

.... and the appeal of the entire film is basically one of romancing and above all infantilizing it's target audience....your review's reference to The Waltons is spot on....This film is a wannabe Waltons for arm-chair activists !……and "enough already" with being ga-ga for Glenn Gould’s Goldberg Variations.