Prince of Pennsylvania
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Movie Reviews of Prince of Pennsylvania
Movie Review: Multi-layered
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this on IFC the other day. It's very cute, fluffy and fun, but there were some serious issues in it, too. Excellent cast. Rupert is a great character, and I find myself hoping that things worked out for him, silly as that may sound.Movie Review: prince
Summary: 5 Stars
this was a really funny movie but it had drama too.some people don't like it because it's different but i'm a Keanu fanatic so i love Review: Proof that Keanu has NOT changedSummary: 2 Stars Picture a small Pennsylvania mining town where a gangly doofus named Rupert (Reeves), who always appears to be stoned, rubs everyone the wrong way with his irritating personality, grating speech patterns, and...wait, all that was kind of redundant.
If you can get past the fact that there was a lot more Bill and Ted in Keanu before Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, this movie comes down to a familial struggle between a hard-working father and his screw up, dropout son (who has a stupid haircut). Amidst petty affairs and big dreams, Rupert meanders throughout life like a jaded stoner destined a life-pinnacle at a bowling alley or convenience store. In order to get out of this rut, he concocts a plan involving an ice cream shop, a kidnapping, and more flaws than any hair-brained idea thought up on Scooby Doo.
Fred Ward shines as the hard-working, traditional patriarch who deals stoically with his bonehead son. So, minus Keanu, it's a role right up his wheelhouse. Several bit characters comprise the rest of the cast, people whose faces are known but their names are relatively insignificant. The odd, borderline disgusting romance between Keanu and Amy Madigan - 15 years his senior and horribly miscast - is never believable, and has about as much romance and spark as skid-marked underwear.
Simply put, the movie conveys small-town life with simply problems fairly well, but none of the characters (save Fred Ward) are portrayed or written well enough to elicit anything other than contempt. Keanu fans will enjoy this a lot more than anyone else, but otherwise it's a forgettable movie with mostly good acting and a boring plot.
Jason Elin