Review of The Company You Keep (2012) by Ranny L — 04 May 2013

Saw this last night at my local Regal "art cinema" and walked out to find that I knew half the people who in the audience. What does that say? Well, for one, this is a tale that rings true for people my age.

I lived in Ann Arbor during the time period that SDS was born and remember well the incident referred to in the film. The theme here, that our past is always part of who we are, is one we know well. This stellar cast, most of them Oscar-award winners, led by Robert Redford tell a story of passion and pain.

Redford's timely film perhaps leads us to look at the political situation in the world today through another lens. Don't be put off by the negative reviews of this film, go experience it for yourself - particularly if you lived through the 60s and 70s.