C'Mon C'mon: Movie Review
C'Mon C'mon: Movie Review Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffman, Woody Norman, Scoot McNairy Director: Mike Mills There's an interesting dichotomy at the heart of C'Mon C'Mon, Mike Mills' paean to childhoods lost, and futures hoped for. Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny, an interviewer who trudges around the country talking to kids about their hopes and dreams for the future, while trying to reconcile his own past fractious relationship with his sister, Viv (Gaby Hoffmann). When Viv has to leave to take care of her son's father's mental issues, Johnny naively offers to take her kid Jesse (Woody Norman) under his wing, believing it will be easy to do. However, as Johnny reconnects with his sister over their difficult relationship with their once-ailing mother, he finds Jesse challenging him at every turn, forcing a re-examination of his own beliefs. Occasionally meandering, and a little overlong for nothing more than a 3-hander film, C'Mon C'Mon, shot in...