Captain Fantastic
In this energetic and touching dramedy, Viggo Mortensen kids his own image, playing an anarcho-survivalist solo dad. In a remote Washington state forest, hes raising his six children to be super-fit in body and mind. These mini philosopher kings are equally confident stalking a deer, skinning it, critiquing Lolita, Middlemarch and The Brothers Karamazov, or improvising a musical jamboree around the campfire. Santa Claus is a joke to them, but they do get festive for Noam Chomskys birthday. This idyll of off-the-grid existence is challenged when their mother dies in a New Mexico hospital. The long road trip to rescue her from the Christian funeral planned by her conservative parents may well remind you of Little Miss Sunshine. The kids are confronted for the first time with normal American life. Theyve never seen fat people before. But nor have they seen their father subjected to the onslaught of criticism coming from his in-laws. The fantastic dad is obliged to defend his rigorous regime and the films register moves from affectionate satire to a more heart-tugging evocation of the joys and pitfalls of education.
Year: 2016
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Director: Matt Ross
Starring: Frank Langella, Steve Zahn, Viggo Mortensen, Missi Pyle, George MacKay, Ann Dowd, Annalise Basso, Kathryn Hahn, Erin Moriarty
Duration: 118 Minutes
Rating: M - Offensive language, nudity, suicide, sexual references and content that may disturb
7.9/10
Location in store: Highlights
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