Rating of
2/4
Infinitely Polar Bear
lastonetoleave - wrote on 08/27/15
Infinitely Polar Bear (2015) R A manic-depressive father (Mark Ruffalo) agrees to take full-time responsibility for his two daughters while his wife (Zoe Saldana) is out of town at business school. It’s hard to make a successful film when your lead character is so erratic in his mood swings. I have always liked Ruffalo as an actor, but he struggles to find a voice in this film. Saldana isn’t given much to work with either, and her screen time is spent mostly being mad at Ruffalo’s character. What made this film watchable at times was the performances of Imogene Wolodarsky and Ashley Aufderheide, who play the couple’s two daughters. They lend both a vitality and somewhat stable presence to the film, counteracting Ruffalo’s over-the-top performance as the manic father. The film is based on the real-life childhood of director Maya Forbes, and I think this story was just a little too personal to work on the screen. My Rating: Bargain Matinee - See more at: http://lastonetoleavethetheatre.blogspot.com/2015/07/ant-man.html#sthash.yOfpjesN.dpuf
