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Norton stars as twins in the pot comedy/thriller "Leaves of Grass" (slashfilm.com)
Ed Norton stars in the upcoming comedy/thriller "Leaves of Grass", and we've got the trailer below to prove it. The film, which has Norton playing two roles as twins, looks to be pretty snazzy, if we do say so ourselves. We'll let you judge for yourselves by checking out the trailer below, my gentle Examiner readers....
When we initially heard the plot for "Leaves of Grass", we weren't exactly thrilled. When you introduce "pot" into the plotline of a movie, things tend to go one of two ways: either everyone's a stoner-doofus, or everyone's way too thug-life for their own good. Then we heard about Norton playing twins, and we were even more concerned: pulling that little stunt off without seeming way too cute is another tricky maneuver. What are the chances that "Leaves of Grass" can pull off both?
Let's hear the plot synopsis, straight from our friends over at Slash Film:
Edward Norton is Bill Kincaid, an Ivy League classics professor, who returns to rural Oklahoma to bury his dangerously brilliant identical twin brother, only to discover that the brother he believes to have been murdered has lured him home to involve him in a doomed plot against a local drug lord (Dreyfuss). Before Bill can flee, he’s implicated in a murder, and his life has become completely unraveled…
OK, you've got us so far. Let's take a look at the trailer and see if they can convince us that this isn't going to be a goofy waste of time and celluloid:
You know what? We kind of want to see that. "Leaves of Grass" was written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson (he was the really, really dumb convict in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (another film we really enjoyed), who previously gave us the little-seen (but decent) Jennifer Aniston dramedy, "The Good Girl". As Slash Film points out, The Playlist has a review of Nelson's newest film over at their site (they were lucky enough to catch it at the Toronto Film Festival), and here's what they had to say:
Superficially, "Leaves Of Grass," looks like just a fun, simple stoner comedy, but it is anything but and far more ambitious and complex. Incredibly well written, the picture is sort of four pictures rolled into one with elements of comedy, crime drama, and much-more violent than you'd expect thriller. It touches upon weighty themes of family identity, anti-semitism and existential philosophical issues as well. It's also kind of a Greek tragedy, and pretty remarkable really.
OK, that's it: we'll give it a look-see. "Leaves of Grass" is opening...uh, that's debatable. The IMDB lists the film as having a Christmas Day release date, but we're not finding other information on that anywhere. As such, stay tuned to the Comedy Examiner's Office (hit the "Subscribe" button up top!) for further news on the "Leaves of Grass" release date as it becomes available. And, while you're waiting on that, check out these other recent articles from the Comedy Examiner's Office:
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