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<\/a><\/p>\n\nI wonder what the critical consensus will be on Tumbledown<\/i>. 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? <\/p>\n
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. .<\/p>\n
I reviewed Tumbledown<\/i><\/a> for Rogerebert.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading