Review of Captain Fantastic (2016) by Nedryerson1 — 01 Feb 2017

Captain Fantastic it’s an uncommon movie, not by the style, but by the story. The idea of raising your children in the nature, free from consumerism and having a healthy life is what every teenager dreams and claims to their friends, that he or she will do it in the future.

The thing is that just like those dreams die when the person grows up, the story fades as the film goes by. It never became clear what concept the protagonist was trying to avoid: capitalism, consumerism, occidental culture; just was choosing a healthier life form; all those things or none.

The plot was to light for a whole movie, with too many inconsistencies that make difficult its understanding. Beside that, Viggo Mortensen gives a nice performance, even some of the kids did well too; the family issue with the grandparents is interesting and well developed and last but not least, it never turns boring, which surely required a lot of work considering all said.