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The Public Reviews
an honest film about unhoused gentlemen who need a place to go besides outside of a 7/eleven
Emilio Estevez? More like Emilio Should Stop Directing.
Love this movie so much on so many levels... a truly 'feel good' i have watched more than once.
"MESSage" movie guilt trips reluctance to open public buildings, libraries, to 'house the homeless". The final scenes is emblematic of the side that thinks that makes sense and would be good for anyone. Saw it in theater when it came out. It's on the 온라인카지노추천 set again Tues 4.5.22 on ch34.3. The 'BOUNCE Channel'
It's a good story played out everyday in different forms. The plight of the homeless and disadvantaged is eternal.
This was an excellent representation of the homeless community, and the fact that they are people who are worthy to be loved and heard. It was also nice to see Estevez and Slater in a movie again.
Excellent, authentic filmmaking! I can relate because I've been working in a public library for 32 years.
I actually loved the idea behind the movie and it was almost well-directed and somewhat well-acted but Emilio Estevez unfortunately shouldn't have picked himself for the role, just didn't fit and boy he can not act.
The Public is a well meaning but flawed film that entertains but doesn't truly satisfy in total. Emilio Estevez not only stars in this film but also wrote and directed it. He plays Stuart Goodson, a supervisor at the Public Library of Cincinnati. Each day the library welcomes homeless people to its space, but one night as the weather turns arctic the homeless decide to stay the night as shelters in the city aren't equipped to take them in. It's all very peaceful but the media and the police paint it as perhaps a hostage situation leading to inevitable conflict. The film makes interesting commnetary on how society looks after the vulnerable and what role public institutions play in this, but it does feel like the film skims the surface a little at times. It is quite entertaining though, thanks to a good cast that includes Alec Baldwin and Jeffrey Wright.
I quite liked it, the movie is clasified as a drama, I would call it more a "comic drama", there were several attempts at humour
A quirky, offbeat film that deals with the homeless population all too often forgotten by society. I appreciated the spotlight on the issue and admire the effort. Jeffrey Wright, Alec Baldwin, and Emilio Estevez deliver nice performances even though the script is somewhat uneven.
The Public is an interesting idea with a lot of star power behind it yet the decisions made by some of the characters and a major lack of realism portrayed is frustrating at best. What this film tries to commentate on is an important subject that deserves to be tackled right, not treated with kid gloves. Definitely ambitious it what it wants to communicate, but way too reserved to pull it off. I'm guessing there were some rewrites and I doubt the actors, writers and director are all that happy with the outcome.
I work for a library, so it resonated well with me and my job. Also the acting was great and the social commentary, spot on.
Powerful social commentary which is a sad mirror of our times. Wonderful cast, direction, script and music.
Great social critic. Any country/community going through social injustice must see this movie and learn from it.
Useful for gaining some empathy for the struggles homeless in the US face, but I thought Christian Slater and Jena Malone's characters were such caricatures that it was distracting. Overall probably wouldn't recommend.
Like is father, Emilio Estevez want pass some clear message about injustice and thing in our society who do not work. This movie is powerful and show the voice of the unheard. Amazing cast, the script is deep and you will understand why this movie is a great feature.
How bad does a movie have to be that you turn it off on a plane? Pretty bad. My wife and I were flying on Air Canada Rouge which does not have screens in the back of there seats. I brought up this movie on my iPad and we started watching. Ten minutes in we both looked at each other and laughed and turned it off. This movie was so bad that on a plane with no other options we turned it off. Just awful. Admittedly we didn't give this one a chance, but we could, of course, see exactly where it was going. New technology (the internet) has forced libraries to make up a new platitudes for their continued existence (like giving out free lunch, being a community center or homeless shelter) from their former glory of being places of research and learning. Library budgets have gone up, instead of down, and movies like this presumably only offer propaganda to reinforce this type of thinking for those that want/need libraries to remain open, I guess.