I wonder what the critical consensus will be on Tumbledown. Will it be divided? Will some sniff at it, or think it too obvious, or reject Jason Sudeikis as a sincere leading man? Its obvious-ness and Jason Sudeikis is one of the reasons why I liked it. It works stealthily, this film, and is not an expected “rom com”. Ignore the poster. It’s actually about one of my favorite topics: Narrative. Who owns a narrative? Who “gets” to write any given narrative? Is there such a thing as objective truth? Who says what that truth is?
I liked it. Also, it was a pleasure to loop Ted Hughes into the review, because if anyone knew how hard it was to “craft a narrative” out of an imperfect record amongst the howling voices of others who think they OWNED the narrative, it was Hughes. .
I reviewed Tumbledown for Rogerebert.com.
