"Thank you."
"I didn't mean it as a compliment"
(Susan Sarandon to Shia LaBoeuf in The Company You Keep, early in the film. I was sold at this point, kind of like "you had me at hello".)
I went to see The Company You Keep yesterday with one of my girlfriends, having chosen an afternoon with Robert Redford over an afternoon with Leonardo DiCaprio. When I left, it was at the height of a serious thunderstorm, and I actually pondered going back home and cancelling. The only reason I didn't is because this particular friend is not as attached to her cell phone as I am to mine, and I would not have been able to reach her. Anyway, the movie was worth the trip, and I thoroughly enjoyed it despite my soaking wet jeans and sneakers.
The movie has a stellar cast-many of them old timers whom I never get tired of seeing: Robert Redford, Susan Sarandon, Julie Christie, Chris Cooper. It feels almost surreal to see these amazing stars, whom I remember so well from their hey-days a number of years back. (That was intentionally vague. In a way it saddens me to see them aging...) Additionally, the movie starred Shia La Boeuf, who reminded me of a curly haired Benjamin Braddock.
Robert Redford is, as ever, a class act. The movie was intriguing, a truly good story. It was devoid of smut, coarse language, and the omnipresent special effects. Needless to say, I loved it, as did my friend. Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but when I go to the movies, I was to see a good story. I don't want to see naked people explicitly engaging in physical relations, numerous ridiculous explosions, nor unbelievable feats of daring, with super human heroes surviving extreme physical assaults. (Sometimes I believe all of those techniques are to mask a lack of imagination on the part of the writers.) This movie was a real treat, and I highly recommend it.
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