Wednesday 7 May 2014

Why Stop Now (2012) 7/10

Starring : Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, Tracy Morgan, Emma Rayne Lyle
Director : Phil Dorling & Ron Nyswaner
Running Time : 88 mins

Piano prodigy Eli Bloom (Eisenberg) wants nothing more than to get on with his life, but the drug habits of his mother Penny (Leo) have gotten in his way for too long so he decides to help her get into rehab so he can go off to music school. Unfortunately rehab won’t take her without a “dirty” urine sample, so Eli is forced to contact his mum’s drug dealer, Sprinkles (Morgan), and get her high before she can get clean.

Although not the most original comedy-dramas to have come out of the states in recent years, this does do a good job of showing how having to deal with a dysfunctional family can cause someone to become just as dysfunctional without even realising. The acting isn’t as bad as I expected, what with Tracy Morgan being present, and the flow of the film runs well and comes to a natural conclusion.

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