Tag: Steve Carell
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“Welcome to Marwen”: Robert Zemekis’ Failure of Art and Nerve
Welcome to Marwen, a based on true life feature about an artist forced to create new art and a new persona when a savage attack leaves him devoid of all personal memories and artistic ability, recreates the story and photos, but leaves the real Mark Hogancamp (Steve Carell) life and art on the cutting room…
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“Beautiful Boy”: A Soft Focus Addiction Drama
Beautiful Boy, a harrowing film about drug addiction and its effect on a father and son relationship, struggles to reconcile its two origin sources. David Sheff’s title memoir tells the father’s side, while Nic Sheff’s Tweak relays the son’s addiction story. David’s (Steve Carell) point of view is the dominant perspective acting as a filter…