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Mr. Hollywood Collections of shorts goes nowhere but I guess thats the point of a collection of shorts. They are all their own unique story. The main story of the author writing the short stories does not add much but acting is good. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/21/24 Full Review Beth Loved it! I am a fan of Flannery OConnors work and somewhat familiar with her life. Not sure how someone unaware of her would rate the movie. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/12/24 Full Review Roy J This movie isn't for Flannery's fans or for novices to learn about her. This movie is a weekend project between Ethan Hawke and his daughter. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/06/24 Full Review Wendy H In a Q &A with Writer/Director Ethan Hawke after the movie, he described O'Connors attempt to reconcile her faith and her work as a writer in the question "Can I be in service to the form rather than what the form can do in service to me. "Can I be in service to the form rather than what the form can do in service to me." He seems to also son to satisfy this goal himself. The film is an homage to the writings of Flannery O'Connor, and also a sort of the love, appreciation, and inspiration both he and his daughter, Maya Hawke, have for the author. A beautifully crafted film that weaves imagination and reality together until they become one and the same, subtly daring us to question our own faith in what we believe to be real. After all, what reality can there ever be if we don't first imagine it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review julie b I’m trying very hard to not let the experience of seeing Ethan, Maya, and Laura in person at TIFF at this screening bias my score (!!!!!!). This was a super character driven film that stripped away a lot of ancillary elements to keep us squarely focused on the strong performances, and I loved the seamless blending of reality and fiction to tell the stories in a creative way. You could tell the actors themselves had a lot of fun making this and getting to “play pretend”. I can’t yet put my finger on what specifically was missing, but overall it left me wanting a little more. Also, the q&a portion on the importance of humans in storytelling was particularly impactful in light of the strike. “I’m not interested in tidying up reality” (or something like that - I didn’t write it down during the film so cinephiles pls don’t crucify me) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review Ronald H Flannery O'Connor was an enigma, and this film is appropriately enigmatic. It's an exploration of the inner conflict between her devout Catholicism and her written work, which was often shockingly sordid and cynical, yet darkly humorous. She was a profound influence on later southern writers, including Barry Hannah, Harry Crews, and Larry Brown. Uninitiated viewers are likely to hate this film, or at least be baffled by it. It flips dreamlike between scenes in her life and passages from her stories. The characters in her life also appear as characters in the story passages. The film is directed by Ethan Hawke, and his daughter Maya is stunning as the complex and perplexing O'Connor. Laura Linney is perfect as O'Connor's mother, as well as several characters in the story excerpts. This has to be the best work of her career. Liam Neeson is in one scene as a priest sitting by O'Connor's bedside as her body is being ravaged by lupus. It's an amazingly powerful moment. Devotees of O'Connor will be greatly rewarded by this movie. I would urge those unfamiliar with her to read her stories, as well as her novel Wise Blood, before watching it. Otherwise, you just won't get it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/03/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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