Review of The Paperboy (2012) by Tamara K — 02 Feb 2014
The Paperboy is the kind of exhilarating trash that inspired Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. In Pulp Fiction, Tarantino stylizes this trash, but in Lee Daniel's The Paperboy, the trash is left as is.
There are some racial undertones in this film, but it is so confusing that the message gets lost. One thing that Paperboy has got going for it is a strong cast playing well-rounded and complicated characters.
Nicole Kidman plays Charlotte Bless, a slutty woman who falls in love with convicts and lives for this sort of exhilaration. Her acting is quite good and one of her most memorable performances. Zac Efron plays Jack Jansen a naive young adult who knows exactly what he wants - Charlotte Bless.
Matthew McConaughey plays a homosexual S&M lawyer who is Jansen's older brother and a kind man. I could go on describing the range of different and intriguing characters scattered throughout the film.
The problem with The Paperboy is that it has no real story and payoff. Pulp is pulp. Trash is trash; and a bad movie is a bad movie. The Paperboy is not a good movie, but it is enjoyable. There is something that leaves you wanting more and an everlasting quality to the film.
This review of The Paperboy (2012) was written by Tamara K on 02 Feb 2014.
The Paperboy has generally received mixed reviews.
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