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“If I had to summarize my reaction to Captain Fantastic in one word, it would be ugh. Here is a film that wants to be both an examination of a deeply involved father, some kind of satire about going off the grid, an emotional family drama, and just an all-around uncomfortable mixture of quirk and emotional honesty. There’s a few things I liked about Captain Fantastic, but not enough of them to recommend it. It seems like every year another one of these quirk-fest family dramedies makes its way into the Oscar race, but this has to be the nadir of that recent trend. At least it only made it into the Best Actor race for Viggo Mortensen’s wonderfully complex and quiet work. I’m not sure how I feel about this being his second nomination in favor of better work in films like A Hi” read more
"Viggo Mortensen is great and so are the kids. The movie is really beautiful looking, funny and touching too."
"2016 Favorite movie of the year thus far. - Film - Director - Actor - Ensemble - Writing - Costume Design - Song in a Drama"