Quiet and compelling
Film critic Jason Evans has made it his mission to tell you everything you need to know about movies in less time than it takes to autograph a sketch. His reviews are exactly 100 words long (99 is too short, while 101 is just excessive). Here is his 100-word review of The Christophers.
The Premise: The children of aging painter Jackson Sklar (Ian
McKellan) have a plan to make sure they make a mint off their father’s estate. His
most famous paintings are an unfinished series called The Christophers. Jackson refuses to even look at them. The children hire struggling young artist Lori Butler (Michaela Coel) to pretend to be
Jackson’s assistant. Lori’s job is to find The Christophers and secretly finish
them so the family can sell them for millions once Jackson dies. But, Lori
finds that fooling the cantankerous Jackson will not be easy. The film also
features James Corden and is directed by the remarkable Steven Soderbergh.
The 100-words: Sign me up for anything Soderbergh does at
this point. This film feels like a play, with lots of long conversations and
confined sets. It is quite funny at times though there is plenty of darkness and
sadness in the tale too. There are no huge twists or dramatic reveals, just honest
relationships. The real treat here is seeing the awards caliber performances from
McKellan and Coel. It is a slow-paced film and one that probably won’t find a
wide audience, but it is a satisfying moviegoing experience and worth seeing in
a darkened theater, not while distracted on streaming.
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