Review of Captain Fantastic (2016) by Bobmeier — 28 Jul 2016

If this were 1968 this might be a good movie. You might even find yourself saying "right on" at some of the lines. But people stop saying "right on" when...c. 1973-4? And this movie is as dated as that for the same reasons.

The counterculture isn't just over, it almost seems quaint in today's harsher realities when good jobs are outsourced, employers who want to give their employees just enough to keep showing up, petroleum companies who spend their money on expensive print ads rather than actually doing the things they profess to do in the ads, ad nauseum.

Sure.. all of the sentiments this family believe in are probably more solid than most of today's families..but so what? Who cares? And certain things about the film are almost laughably contrived..

.they travel in an old school bus(like the Merry Pranksters c. 1966) ...at a point of giving up his ideals, Mortenson CUTS HIS BEARD OFF, no I'm not kidding. The actually say "stick it to the man".

.but who IS the man? We knew that c.1967-1974 but who is the man now? The cops? The politicians? The main reason I saw this was the pretty good reviews and V. Mortensson's appearance. What a waste.. I wish Vigo would lcontinue to make films like History of Violence, Eastern Promises, the January Man, Jauja instead of slop like this.

Maybe it looked better on paper I dunno. Skip this one, even on a free library dvd.