by
Julien Faddoul
Tomorrowland *
Bound
by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific
curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a
danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in
time and space that exists in their collective memory as Tomorrowland.
A substantial and extremely peculiar
film, and one that cannot be separated from the personal foresight accumulated
by its brilliant director. Produced on a large Disney-like scale with a
nostalgic, Amblin-like tone, the film, high on action-adventure and brimming
with ideas, professes the effulgent future that can come from idealism and
application, and one that humanity seems to be getting in its own way of. But
the film asseverates this so bluntly and without any modulation that everything
else evaporates (particularly in its last act). In the end, the purport is less inspirational than it is
preachy; the experience less of a movie than a lecture. It’s a disappointing
film, but not in the usual way.
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– Brad Bird
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– Damon Lindelof, Brad Bird, Jeff Jensen
ph
– Claudio Miranda
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– Scott Chambliss
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– Michael Giacchino
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– Walter Murch, Craig Wood
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– Jeffrey Kurland
p
– Damon Lindelof, Brad Bird, Jeffrey Chernov
Cast:
George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw,
Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Chris Bauer, Thomas Robinson, Pierce Gagnon
