Anywhere But Here
First screened in March 2020
Director: Wayne Wang. Cast: Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Shawn Hatosy, Bonnie Bedelia, John Diehl, Hart Bochner, Caroline Aaron, Michael Milhoan, Thora Birch, Elisabeth Moss, Ashley Johnson, Heather DeLoach, Eileen Ryan, John Carroll Lynch, Faran Tahir, Ray Baker, Paul Guilfoyle, Megan Mullally. Screenplay: Alvin Sargent (based on the novel by Mona Simpson). Twitter Capsule:
I see why Tumbleweeds eclipsed it, but Portman and Sarandon both show to advantage. Direction has a soft touch.
VOR:②
The kind of movie that succeeds by coloring tenderly within well-established lines. Evident peaks and missteps, but "originality" is never the keyword.
