Braffs protagonist Aidan spends much of the film lamenting about the pursuit of his dream when he already has so much. In one scene, Sarah and Aidan discuss their frustrations with their life and Aidan begins to whine about how his wife needs to support his dreams. This cued a major eye-roll for me: so much of our culture is already centered around supporting men and their passions and thats a dynamic Braff seemed to entirely miss when writing the film. With a $3 million Kickstarter, real-life individuals are paying to support Braff’s dream. Braff, a thirty-something white dude living in LA, then used all that support to follow his true passion of creating a movie thats all about a thirty-something white dude living in LA following his dream. If individuals are collectively funding a film that hopes to be inspiring, the end result should be as dynamic and diverse as the people who pony up to support it. Instead, the film feels absurdly self-centered.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:57:19 +0000
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