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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 162149" data-attributes="member: 22"><p><em><u><img src="https://teaser-trailer.com/wp-content/uploads/Captain-Fantastic-movie-starring-Viggo-Mortensen.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </u></em></p><p><em><u></u></em></p><p><em><u>Captain Fantastic (2016)</u></em></p><p><em><u></u></em></p><p>This one took me totally by surprise. I just fell in love with it. It starts off with a dad raising his kids in the wilderness completely cut off from the modern world. It's kind of idyllic, but right from the start, you know at the back of your mind it can't (and maybe <em>shouldn't)</em> last. Sure enough ...</p><p></p><p>It then turns into a road movie with the family travelling cross country on their own bus, a bit like an HBO version of <em>The Partridge Family</em>. The culture clash stuff when the kids are introduced to their conventionally raised relatives is really funny, but what is brilliant is how even-handed the film is: the 'squares' they encounter are depicted with just as much humanity as the 'cool' drop-outs, and you find yourself constantly wondering whether the father of this gang is the best dad in the world or the worst. There are no easy answers. Viggo Mortensen is ideal casting as the father but the kids are just amazing, raw and funny and utterly heartbreaking. (It's on the iPlayer for the next three weeks if anyone in Blighty fancies it.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James from London, post: 162149, member: 22"] [I][U][IMG]https://teaser-trailer.com/wp-content/uploads/Captain-Fantastic-movie-starring-Viggo-Mortensen.jpg[/IMG] Captain Fantastic (2016) [/U][/I] This one took me totally by surprise. I just fell in love with it. It starts off with a dad raising his kids in the wilderness completely cut off from the modern world. It's kind of idyllic, but right from the start, you know at the back of your mind it can't (and maybe [I]shouldn't)[/I] last. Sure enough ... It then turns into a road movie with the family travelling cross country on their own bus, a bit like an HBO version of [I]The Partridge Family[/I]. The culture clash stuff when the kids are introduced to their conventionally raised relatives is really funny, but what is brilliant is how even-handed the film is: the 'squares' they encounter are depicted with just as much humanity as the 'cool' drop-outs, and you find yourself constantly wondering whether the father of this gang is the best dad in the world or the worst. There are no easy answers. Viggo Mortensen is ideal casting as the father but the kids are just amazing, raw and funny and utterly heartbreaking. (It's on the iPlayer for the next three weeks if anyone in Blighty fancies it.) [/QUOTE]
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