Half Nelson 2: Throwing Desks with the Guy from the Weird Stella Artois Commercials*
Seriously though, I don’t know about this…it looks a little martyry. I’m neither here nor there when it comes to Adrien Brody and I haven’t seen American History X, so I don’t really know what to expect from a “Tony Kaye Talkie”. Other than cringing every time I remember he referred to his movie as a “talkie”.
I will say that-in the style of Half Nelson-this is another classic case of Hollywood trying to sell gorgeous people playing world weary teachers, which is come ooooonnnnnnnnnuh such an eye roller. Christina Hendricks?!? Are you serious? I had an English teacher in 6th grade who was probably a 4 out of 10 for looks but she had enormous fake boobs, and my friends and I always used to be like, “Why is she a teacher with a rack like that??” 6th grade.
*You guys saw those, right? Where he’s a jazz singer whose scatting makes all the women cry? The bizarrest.
So I laughed the whole way through this because it just feels like a cross between Dangerous Minds, Pretty Woman and Half Nelson. It’s the kind of thing where everyone takes themselves so seriously and they all think they’re going to get oscars. It just feels very self congratulatory. All these troubled, beautiful people who have thankless jobs and are just handing out life lessons and crying while looking out the windows of city busses? Maybe it’ll prove me wrong and be really good but until it does, all i can’ think to say is “uuuuuuugggggghhhhhh.”
