Black and white. And glorious. I love filmmakers like Mike Mills who have the guts to that in 2021.
Indeed, the colors may be pretty basic, but this movie is really all gray. Like life itself.
"C'mon C'mon" is one of those films where nothing happens and everything happens. It is simple and complex. It is sweet and sour.
Gray.
This one star Joaquin Phoenix in perhaps his most understated and tic-less performance. He plays a radio journalist who is going around the country interviewing via audio about their views of the future. While he has no problem dealing with them, he soon is faced with conjuring up a relationship with nephew Jesse. His sister is buy dealing with her estranged hubby's various psychoses in a mental facility. She needs her brother to stay with Jesse. But, given his work and travel, he soon takes the nine-year-old to work with on a buddy trip to New York and New Orleans.
Now Jesse is odd, perhaps inheriting some mental issues from his dad. But, as played by young Woody Norman, he is not the wise cracking moppet you would expect in a movie like this. In fact, the uncle and the mother and the son form an interesting triangle that will slowly change..from good to bad to back again.
The relationship between Phoenix and Norman drives this movie in ways we have not seen before. The dialogue is real. The relationship fractures on a daily basis. And then heals again until the next time. And New York City never looked better in this wonderful two color palate.
You see, it is safe to go back to the movies again. I believe this is only playing in theaters. Worth the masked visit.
LEN'S RATING: Four stars.
Dinner last night: Leftover Chinese food.
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