That leads him to track down his estranged ex Pippi (an wonderfully anxious Laura Dern), whom he last saw when she was a drug-addled mess. His semi-stable life grows uneasy when his dad dies and his only friend moves away, and his hilarious attempt to rekindle a friendship with another childhood acquaintance goes nowhere. ‘Love Again’ Review: Not Even Celine Dion Can Save This Wildly Contrived Rom-Com from Its Own SadnessĪs the story begins, Wilson settled into a crummy routine, with only his dog Pepper to keep him company. At its best, he apes the bleak mentality of Todd Solondz, whose movies often involve scenes that can shift from twisted humor to depressing observations with ease.
Tackling this material was a tricky proposition, but the movie pulls off some endearing qualities thanks to director Craig Johnson, who last achieved a balance of gloomy comedy and a dark backdrop with “Skeleton Twins.” With “Wilson,” he appropriates the graphic novel’s ironic tone with a cheery soundtrack and brightly lit scenes at odds with the irascible sad sack at the center of the story. But even as the screenplay (which Clowes adapted) contains much of the source material’s pitch-black humor, it also falls short of realizing its subtle vision of an angry recluse learning to make peace with his surroundings.Ī crazy-eyed Woody Harrelson portrays Wilson, a loudmouthed, middle-aged creep, and his performance captures the character’s fundamental appeal. It’s based on the 2010 graphic novel of the same name by Daniel Clowes, who excels at examining the lives of somber characters trapped in drab, isolating worlds. Co-starring such inimitable talents such as Dern ( Wild), Judy Greer ( Jurassic World), and Cheryl Hines ( Nine Lives) should serve to result in an adaptation worthy of its source material.“ Wilson” is pitched somewhere between “Bad Santa” and Rick Alverson’s “The Comedy,” inhabiting a familiar strain of American movies about profoundly unlikable people. Starring Woody Harrelson ( Now You See Me 2) as the titular misanthrope, the film is set to follow Clowes' original maladjusted anti-hero as he seeks to gain a newfound relationship with his estranged wife (Laura Dern), before finding out he has a daughter (Isabella Amara) that he has never met. Per an official press release, distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures is planning to set the theatrical release of Wilson for March 2017. However, his 2010 book Wilsonis finally headed towards theatrical adaptation with director Craig Johnson ( The Skeleton Twins) in tow with a release date already set. Since working on his second feature film script for Zwigoff's Art School Confidential in 2006 (which was based in part on the cartoonist's comic of the same name), Clowes has largely taken to producing single volume graphic novels with succinct and self-contained narratives.
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