Review of Joe (2014) by Kent D — 28 Oct 2014
Nic Cage's best work since "Leaving Las Vegas".
David Gordon Green is a fascinating film-maker, who can so easily jump between deep and meaningful dramas like this, "Prince Avalanche", "All The Real Girls", and "Snow Angels", and silly comedies like "Pineapple Express", "Your Highness", and "The Sitter".
In, "Joe" David Gordon Green manages to tease out Nicolas Cage's best work in years, another excellent performance by Tye Sheridan who was so good in "Mud", and a revelation in the late Gary Poulter, a real-life homeless alcoholic man plucked from the streets of Texas who unfortunately died two months after the film was completed when he seemed to finally have found happiness (he'd wanted to be an actor many years ago, and when hired on the condition he could stay sober during filming, did so without fail and turned in an amazing performance only possible from someone who's lived it).
Dark and bleak, but also redemptive, "Joe" is well worth your time.
This review of Joe (2014) was written by Kent D on 28 Oct 2014.
Joe has generally received positive reviews.
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