2006 - Rated R - 1 hr 50 min
Director: Dito Montiel
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Dianne Wiest, Shia LeBeouf, Julia Garro, Channing Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Chazz Palminteri, Eric Roberts, Scott Michael Campbell, Melonie Diaz
I don't even know where to begin. This movie disturbed me, and I'm not sure if that was the response they're looking for. Robert Downey Jr plays the author, Dito Montiel, and Shia LeBeouf plays the young Dito in 1986. Based on a true story, Dito deals with plenty of personal tragedy throughout his troubled past. Lost loves, the deaths of friends, a distant father... all the cliches.
As a story goes, there's not much resolution here. You watch this movie and come away with very little. It makes me wonder why the story is told, you know? As the movie goes, the acting seems forced at times. And the F word, which doesn't usually bother me, appears at least three times in every sentence. It's hard to feel compassion for any character in this contrived drama... I guess I didn't get it.
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