|
|
Article: 'American Son,' 'How to Lose a Guy' on DVD
- Article from:
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2009 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
The bulk of these new DVD releases are straight-to-video titles,
and there was a reason they didn't make it into theaters.
"American Son" (Miramax, 2008; R for language, sex, drugs;
$29.99). Nick Cannon stars as a young Marine on Thanksgiving leave
who doesn't want to tell his dysfunctional family about his upcoming
deployment to Iraq, and he also finds himself drawn to a young woman
he's just met on the bus ride home.
Cannon and the rest of the cast are very good, and when it's
subtle this observant look at a teenager stepping into the
responsibilities of adulthood and facing terrifying prospects in a
war zone, is universal and quite moving. But too much time is wasted
flailing about amid ...