Review of Leaves of Grass (2009) by Scott N — 04 Mar 2010

Leaves of Grass is a perplexing nutty film by writer, director, actor Tim Blake Nelson.

Edward Norton plays twin brothers, Bill and Brady Kincaid. The two brothers are so different but at the same time strikingly similar. Bill is an intelligent professor at the Brown University that has abandoned his ways of his small hick Oklahoma town while his brother is far from the straight laced person his brother is by managing a small-scale pot farm.

To someone who doesnâ??t understand the two brothers, one might perceive this since Brady is a simple-timing guy who spends his off time smoking bongs that heâ??s not as successful or accomplished as his brother. Brady sees things kind of differently from most people and doesnâ??t judge his success on how others perceive him though. The film ultimately becomes an interesting character study between the two brothers who are on opposite ends of class system but despite their outward appearances are quite similar and both quite intelligent. The plot is interesting as well as it serves as a way for these two brothers to interact with each other and maneuver around the situations that surround them.

Tim Blake Nelson said that he wrote the twin roles for Norton especially in mind and it shows, itâ??s hard it imagine anyone else doing it. Keri Russell serves her purpose that she does in most films sheâ??s in being that sweet girl that people fall in love with. Thereâ??s nothing wrong with that though, Keri Russell is a girl guys would want to bring home to their mom because sheâ??s that cute of a girl.

This is surely to be one 2010â??s best films and features a stunning performance by Edward Norton.