Leaves of Grass
2010 Directed by Tim Blake Nelson
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An Ivy League professor is lured back to his Oklahoma hometown, where his twin brother, a small-time pot grower, has concocted a scheme to take down a local drug lord.
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I'm in a state of shock right now. I... this movie... I... I need some capital letters stream of consciousness up ins:
SO THERE'S TWO EDWARD NORTONS, ONE THAT COLLEGE GIRLS WANT TO FUCK WITH LATIN, AND THE OTHER ONE THAT'S FORREST GUMP MIXED WITH NIC CAGE FROM DRIVE ANGRY AND ALSO HIGH ALL THE TIME AND THEN SOME REALLY WEIRD SHIT HAPPENS AND YOU CANT TELL IF ANY OF THE LAUGHS ARE INTENTIONAL OR NOT AND ITS KINDA AWFUL AND KINDA GENIUS AND AT SOME POINT EDWARD NORTON MAKES THIS FACE WHEN HE GETS HIGH AND OH MY GOD
Okay that sums it up. I have no idea how good this movie is, but fuck me it's an experience.
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Okay, Edward Norton is fabulous as usual. His acting, and playing the roles of identical twin brothers, whose personalities are polar opposites, which I assume is hard to do, was so well done. He always pulls off a great performance. Taking on different accents, different styles and looks, different walks and mannerisms, and overall lifestyles was incredible. It truly shows why he's one of my favourite actors. He does well in everything he does. He's just incredibly talented in all sorts of roles.
That being said, my rating for the movie is pretty average. Not bad, but not good. Excluding the performance of Norton, the film wasn't actually that good. There were so many plot holes. It was incredibly disappointing.…
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If you can make it through the first 20 minutes or so you will be rewarded with a very entertaining little story. Ed Norton puts in a great performance as his marijuana growing country twin, but there is also an interesting cast of supporting characters including Susan Saradon, Richard Dreyfuss, Steve Earle and Tim Blake Nelson. Like its title it has more to do with the American Poetry of Walt Whitman than a Pot Comedy, changing genres unexpectedly while praising nature and the individual human's role in it. One of those films that takes a spell to get comfy with, but the more time you spend in it's company the more you like it.
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The only thing better than Edward Norton, is two Edward Norton's.
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Having two Edward Norton's in a film intrigued me to watch this as he is an awesome actor.
Tim Blake Nelson does a great job in directing, it's just a shame that it went OTT in the last 20mins.
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I'm rehashing the overexcited tweets I made following my first viewing of Tim Blake Nelson's "Leaves of Grass" but, y'know, they encapsulate what I'm trying to say pretty well. The three points are as follows;
1. Edward Norton shows the full breadth of his talent as a comedic and dramatic actor, playing two roles in a manner as revelatory as Nicolas Cage's not-dissimilar performances in "Adaptation". "Leaves of Grass" is the best two-brothers-one-actor movie that isn't "Adaptation". Is it even better? Well, I don't want to get ahead of myself, but it's a thought that occured to me.
2. "Leaves of Grass" is my kinda movie. I wasn't bored for a second of its duration, and was left pacing the…
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Edward Norton is phenomenal in this and it's very enjoyable until it goes off the rails in the final act.
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Strange tragicomedy with a common sympathic performance of Edward Norton, but the film feels in some parts just aimless.
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This is a little indy film that starts up as a comedy, but as it goes on things get more dramatic and crazy.
Ed Norton is playing twins, who are very different from each other. One is a professor, the other grows weed. They look different, talk differently and have totally different goals in life. However, once the professor comes to their home town, he slowly goes back to his old self, more similar to his twin. He starts to smoke pot, he wears more casual clothes. And his twin brother cuts his hair in order to look more like the professor.
That's part of his plan to deal with a drug lord. Since the tone of the movie starts…
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A deeply philosophical film about drug-dealing hicks from Oklahoma. Finds powerful spirituality in the unlikeliest of places.
A literal study of duality, with Edward Norton playing twin brothers, identical in appearance only. Has the feel of a true labour of love by director/writer/actor Tim Blake Nelson. The kind of screenplay I would want to write. Similar in style to the Coen Brothers at their most contemplative, A Serious Man in particular.
Lonely Are The Free by Steve Earle is an exceptional end credits song.
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Edward Norton pulls out the old action star standby and plays twins in LEAVES OF GRASS. He does a good job pulling the double duty and the gimmick never actually feels too gimmicky, so kudos to both Norton and co-star/director Tim Blake Nelson for that.
Cheers again to Nelson for genuinely surprising me with the tone and gravity of the movie. I was expecting a broader, stoner-type comedy but instead found a more serious, dramatic and surprisingly violent family drama about accepting your roots and overcoming your past.
There’s still plenty to laugh at though. It’s not a total downer. The unexpected combination of laughs, tension, action and drama elevates LEAVES OF GRASS to something far more enjoyable than what I had initially anticipated.
The only part of the movie where I’d take some points from it is its criminal misuse of Keri Russell. C’mon Tim Blake. You’re better than that.
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I'm in a state of shock right now. I... this movie... I... I need some capital letters stream of consciousness up ins:
SO THERE'S TWO EDWARD NORTONS, ONE THAT COLLEGE GIRLS WANT TO FUCK WITH LATIN, AND THE OTHER ONE THAT'S FORREST GUMP MIXED WITH NIC CAGE FROM DRIVE ANGRY AND ALSO HIGH ALL THE TIME AND THEN SOME REALLY WEIRD SHIT HAPPENS AND YOU CANT TELL IF ANY OF THE LAUGHS ARE INTENTIONAL OR NOT AND ITS KINDA AWFUL AND KINDA GENIUS AND AT SOME POINT EDWARD NORTON MAKES THIS FACE WHEN HE GETS HIGH AND OH MY GOD
Okay that sums it up. I have no idea how good this movie is, but fuck me it's an experience.
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Okay, Edward Norton is fabulous as usual. His acting, and playing the roles of identical twin brothers, whose personalities are polar opposites, which I assume is hard to do, was so well done. He always pulls off a great performance. Taking on different accents, different styles and looks, different walks and mannerisms, and overall lifestyles was incredible. It truly shows why he's one of my favourite actors. He does well in everything he does. He's just incredibly talented in all sorts of roles.
That being said, my rating for the movie is pretty average. Not bad, but not good. Excluding the performance of Norton, the film wasn't actually that good. There were so many plot holes. It was incredibly disappointing.…
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Very entertaining film. Leaves of Grass is a terrific black comedy with a little bit of everything; suspense, drama, slapstick... the list goes on. Definitely worth checking out.