Jessica Alba (“Sin City”) also appears as the superfluous news reporter, Beth Flowers. The one notable scene is when Grimes’s Eric buys a piece of cake for the adorable and silent son of Michelle Mylett’s (“Ascension”) single mom, Kate, creating a bit of romance in a film basically void of valid emotion. Grimes, our apparent leading man, does little to provoke his complicated situation, and his role is unfortunately minimal. Tim Allen (“Toy Story 3”) plays the town drunk, Larry, with some deftness, but he ultimately garners neither sympathy nor contempt for his character. Kurtwood Smith (“That 70s Show”) plays Sheriff Bob Fuller, the seemingly unworthy leader of the police force with a tobacco addiction. Emulating a “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”-esque persona of the dim-witted police officer, Shepard provides some form of incentive to watch this film. One of the few highlights of the film was a genuinely hilarious performance by Dax Shepard (“CHIPS”) as Deputy Billy Calhoun. Mistaken for a drug dealer by the foolish local law-enforcement, Eric ends up barricaded in the liquor store with five townies on Christmas Eve. A young, mysterious man, Eric Roth (Luke Grimes, “The Magnificent Seven”), rolls into town in a blue convertible in search of the father he never knew. The film takes place in the quiet, desert town of El Camino, Nevada.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |