Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Gus Van Sant's "Don't Worry, He won't get far on foot" is a great telling of about famous cartoonist John Callahan. But this movie follows his journey and his life to getting to becoming a cartooninst. But the movie overall is about this mans life and how crazy and awful it can get at times. (He is a alcohol addicted quadriplegic and it only seems to be getting worse) But the movie shows the how bright and happy it can become too. Joaquin phoenix and Jonah Hill give fantastic performances in the film and the best scenes are when they are together. I saw this movie in a small theater with about 8 other people. This small intimate theater felt perfect for this movie for it felt we were a group being brought together by the movie. We all laugh out loud together and we all cried together. This movie and it's great editing keeps the movie moving at a good pace. Sometimes it can feel slow or have some scenes that seem to go nowhere. But overall I cared for all the characters and opinions even if they were shallow sometimes. This is a great movie (8) that shows one mans life and the obstacles he has to overcome to become happy. Highly recommend.

A ho hum attempt to garner brownie points for a no lose sympathy subject. It's an affront to every physically impaired person forced into living with this type of injury. How dare Phoenix be cast as a paraplegic when there are actual physically limited actors who should have been given the opportunity to portray John Callahan. Shame!Same old story of Hollywood elitists attempting to make money via the inspirational story of someone else.

A poorly-written script grandstanding liberal political correctness, and dollar-store philosophy, with a sappy button-pushing soundtrack throughout to remind the viewers that they are constantly witnessing touching and deep drama. Overall, it's yet another attempt by Hollywood movie makers who've probably had their heads in La La Land artificiality for a long time trying to be real and soulful, and failing much of the time. It's based on a true story, and the story is about a victim who overcomes victimization, so I did not want to dislike this movie. But when the sage Alcoholics Anonymous guru said in a moment of epiphanic clarity,"My grandparents were rich, my parents were rich, and I grew up rich. Like, it's so funny," I realized that that was not just an isolated dumb moment, but fairly representative of the whole movie. A man railing against women in the military out of nowhere and for no apparent reason other than, I'm cynically thinking, the makers of this movie got to check "show sexism" off the checklist. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot is yet another blatant attempt to appeal to all the sizable American demographic groups even if that means changing the real story, and even if that means putting something in where it doesn't belong, or even though it's just plain dumb. The best thing about this movie is the cartoons, which are actual cartoons drawn by the brilliant cartoonist John Callahan. See the movie for the cartoons and for Joaquin Phoenix's acting. Beyond that it's a steady stream of cheesy and formulaic, though many people in the audience seemed sold that it was sophisticated and inspiring.

Like an AA meeting: disjointed, funny, moving, boring, inspiring and, ultimately, rewarding.The actors are mesmerising. Joaquin Phoenix recovers nicely here from his misstep with Mary Magdalene but it's Jonah Hill as the sage gay sponsor who steals the film with a subtle portrayal imbued with nonchalant spirituality. Rock stars Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) and Beth Ditto (Gossip) make appearances and Ditto turns in a solid gold performance that left me hoping she'll continue down the acting path.Despite being overlong and bogged down with unnecessarily complicated timeline, the overall film moved me and made me glad I got past the clunky title and misleading rom-com poster.