Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013
I surprisingly enjoyed this quite a bit back in theatres. Although I've been addicted to peach pie since.
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I liked it
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013
I kept seeing in the reviews references to things being "sappy" - I just don't get that at all. It's a very melancholy piece about two broken people. Regardless of the ending, I wouldn't call it sappy at all.
I really think some of these reviewers watch a trailer and write their "review" based on that and other reviews.
I really think some of these reviewers watch a trailer and write their "review" based on that and other reviews.
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013
Eh, I didn't care for it nor did I find it sappy, just the premise was a bit much to accept.
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RIP
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013
Watched this one yesterday. Thought it was "okay". I'm glad it ended the way it did. If it hadn't, I probably wouldn't have like it as much.
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‘Labor Day’ was your first movie that failed at the box office and with critics. What’s that like for you?
It’s shitty as hell. It’s totally shitty. I mean, I was proud of my Tomato Rating and, yeah, it sucked … I’ve done more work on that movie than I’ve ever done on a movie. I’m proud of it. And then it doesn’t land and then you realize, oh, this was a misguided effort, for whatever reason.
Can you look back and determine where things went wrong?
My dad said something so smart to me. He does all the time, but he said, “I was watching ‘Labor Day’ again, it just struck me all of a sudden that you weren’t making a movie about a man and a women, you were making a movie about a kid,” … and Paramount marketed a movie about a man and a woman and everyone wrote about a movie about a man and a woman and it all became this kind of romance. And he said, “You really didn’t care about the romance, did you?” And I said, “No, the romance really was a B plotline to this kid.” So, if I somehow would have focused the movie on the kid? I don’t know. When a band plays a song outside of their genre, there’s a bit of, “Can you please go back to playing the songs we like?”
It’s shitty as hell. It’s totally shitty. I mean, I was proud of my Tomato Rating and, yeah, it sucked … I’ve done more work on that movie than I’ve ever done on a movie. I’m proud of it. And then it doesn’t land and then you realize, oh, this was a misguided effort, for whatever reason.
Can you look back and determine where things went wrong?
My dad said something so smart to me. He does all the time, but he said, “I was watching ‘Labor Day’ again, it just struck me all of a sudden that you weren’t making a movie about a man and a women, you were making a movie about a kid,” … and Paramount marketed a movie about a man and a woman and everyone wrote about a movie about a man and a woman and it all became this kind of romance. And he said, “You really didn’t care about the romance, did you?” And I said, “No, the romance really was a B plotline to this kid.” So, if I somehow would have focused the movie on the kid? I don’t know. When a band plays a song outside of their genre, there’s a bit of, “Can you please go back to playing the songs we like?”
Rest of the interview is here... good read. http://screencrush.com/jason-reitman...ren-tiff-2014/
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Re: Labor Day -- D: Jason Reitman S: Brolin, Winslet, Maguire -- 2013
Well I had no idea this idiot brought us Jack and Jill so I'm not surprised Labor Day bombed.
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