![]() We’ve seen his type in a hundred movies and even though Murray is excellent bringing him to life, it’s Selima’s dilemma and courage, passion and commitment, that the story should not only celebrate but dive deep into. A girl risking everything in a closed veil society in the midst of war is the rich content and context this movie needed to realize its potential. As it is, it’s a variation on “Good Morning, Vietnam,” another Levinson film, though I think “Rock the Kasbah” is better and Murray’s performance is more nuanced than Robin Williams’ performance in that earlier picture. His character here is something of a stoner Ugly American whose hustle nearly gets him killed. He’s basically a good dude, and in the end he does the right thing.īruce Willis adds nothing as a mercenary who winds up protecting Lenz. Leem Lubany is good as Selima but she’s not given enough to do.īeejan Land is fine as the “The Afghan Star” host.Īrian Maoyed nearly steals the show as Lenz’s driver. The script by Mitch Glazer is a bit hit and miss but when it’s on it’s very good. ![]() Sean Bobbitt’s cinematography adequately frames the disparate locations. which range from wrong side of the tracks Van Nuys Calif. to war-torn Kabul to remote villages to seedy nightclubs to desert badlands. Levinson mostly keeps this pastiche together and flowing. yet his miscalculation about the story’s emphasis is hard to forgive even though it doesn’t ruin the movie. ![]() He’s saved by Murray’s winning performance and the sheer entertainment value of this engaging story about culture clashes, impossible odds and two people’s passion to follow their dreams no matter what. Hot Movie Takes – “The Leo Adam Biga, Author of “Alexander Payne: His Journey in Film” I highly recommend seeing “Rock the Kasbah” with the proviso that it could have been much more yet. If you’re up for a spare, art house Western that has a somewhat original take on the old plot-line of a rugged cowboy escorting women across the treacherous, wide open Great Plains, then you could do worse than “The Homesman.” Tommy Lee Jones stars in this 2014 drama he also directed and co-wrote from a novel by the same name. ![]() Harsh things happened to people settling the bare territories. ![]()
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