Finding Forrester Reviews

Following the massive critic failure generated by the ‘Psycho’ remake (which I didn’t think was so bad but I was definitely in the minority), Gus Van Sant came back  to something similar to ‘Good Will Hunting’ which was something much safer but also much more boring in my opinion. In fact, I have always been amazed by the fact that no one has ever really pointed out how almost identical it was to ‘Good Will Hunting’ and, as a result, I never really cared for this movie. The fact that I always thought that  ‘Good Will Hunting’ was seriously overrated didn’t help either, I guess. Still, I have to admit it, in this genre, it was a decent watch and Sean Connery and Rob Brown had together a nice chemistry. Furthermore, to be honest, I have to admit that it has been a while since I have seen this movie and I should definitely give it a 2^nd chance at some point. After this movie, Van Sant went for something more experimental with ‘Gerry’ and, even though it didn’t really work out, it was much more interesting than this rather pedestrian and predictable feature. Anyway, to conclude, even though I think this movie is rather overrated, it is still a decent drama and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Gus Van Sant’s work.