Thursday
Aug072008
Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 11:48PM Movie Trailer - The Heavy-Hitting Drama 'Fireflies in the Garden'
Fireflies in the Garden premiered back in
February at the Berlin Film Festival, and it very much has the luck of a
festival-friendly movie. With its impressive ensemble, its non-linear storyline,
and some pretty scarring family drama, the film is not one likely to pack 'em
in, despite the presence of
Julia Roberts.
That doesn't mean this is a bad movie, of course, merely that it
won't do Pretty Woman business, a comparison I realize is terribly unfair
to Roberts at this point in her career. After all, she won an Oscar for Erin
Brockovich (in a performance I'll gladly defend if you want to challenge
me), and how quickly we forget her work in Closer.
Still, Fireflies in the Garden looks like it's
tackling some things head-on rather than sweeping subjects under the rug, and
that's always a good thing for drama. In this case, the Waetcher family has a
tough time keeping it all together after an unexpected tragedy, and the arc of
the story covers some 20 years.
In addition to Roberts, the cast includes
Willem Dafoe,
Emily Watson,
Ryan Reynolds,
Hayden Panettiere,
Ioan Gruffudd and
Carrie-Anne Moss. A new international trailer
for the film surfaced recently at Worst Previews, and here it is. Mind the subtitles.
Reader Comments (3)
I'll be honest. The only reason I read this article was that I thought it might be the long awaited sequel to Serenity we've all been waiting for...
They can't all be what we hope for...
Though I am a major in the local chapter of the Browncoat Society, and have organized at least ten midnight charity screenings of Serenity, I must admit that I do enjoy your reports on Indie, Art-house, Foreign, and lesser known films, Colin Boyd.
We at the local Browncoat Society salute you, and hope that you will one day consider being the keynote speaker at one of our charity screenings!