While "Cloud Atlas" gets all the attention this weekend (good and bad), several other films are worth checking out for those not interesting in spending nearly three hours watching movie stars play multiple parts (races, genders, etc) to a mostly unsatisfying conclusion. While ambitious and epic, "Cloud Atlas" offers few characters with emotional impact: Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw and Jim Broadbent are stand-outs. On the other hand, Gotham nominee Julia Loktev's "The Loneliest Planet," one of the best-reviewed films arriving in theaters, is visually and thematically thrilling, complete with the mystery and nuance that is absent from many indie and studio releases.
Weekend Preview: Julia Loktev's Psychological Slow Burner 'the Loneliest Planet,' An Ambitious But Flawed 'cloud Atlas'
Sophia Savage, Thompson On Hollywood
Fri, 10/26/2012 - 9:09am
Topics: cloud atlas cloud atlas the loneliest planet, midnight children, the revisionaries, the other son, doona bae ben whishaw jim broadbent gotham julia loktev's the loneliest planet deepa mehta midnight's children scott thurman the revisionaries france's the other son the black weekend ambitious arriving films
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