Genre:
Drama
Directed
by: William H. Macy
Cast:
Billy Crudup, Felicity Huffman, Anton Yelchin
Running
time: 105 minutes
Sam Manning is a successful man working in an
advertising firm. His life falls apart the day his son Josh kills six other
students in the college library before dying himself. Finding it hard to grieve
amidst all of the media attention, Sam turns to the bottle and totally
separates himself from his high-rolling life. He moves into a sailboat on a
lake far from home and finds some work as a contractor assistant. One day,
having found the strength to clean out her son’s room, Sam’s ex-wife brings him
a box of CD’s containing songs Josh wrote and recorded himself on his computer.
Sam starts playing these songs at a local tavern, never telling anyone who
their true author is, and he soon ends up in a band. As it tends to happen, the
past that Sam is trying to bury deep inside him is bound to come out.
I did not quite know what to expect from this
film, which was William H. Macy’s first as a director. He did a fine job here.
It is a loaded storyline, but, within the confines of a movie lasting less than
2 hours, he managed to stay on track and tell an interesting story that kept me
hooked all the way through. Rudderless does not reinvent the wheel, since stories
of parents having to cope with crimes done by their kids have been told before,
but Macy puts a nice spin on his version and makes it compelling.
Billy Crudup was the highlight of the film
for me. Both his acting and his singing were good. Kudos also to Anton Yelchin,
who did some solid work in the role of Quentin, Sam’s young protégé, whose mind
is set of forming a band with the older man.
The soundtrack of Rudderless is also a nice
treat; the songs are very good.
Overall, this is a very good movie that is
well worth watching.
Rating:
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