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6 days ago · The bastard stepchild of "Garden State" and "Elizabethtown," "The Good Half" feels too measured to work as melodrama and too mannered to be mumblecore.From its opening minutes, featuring Jonas lying expressionless in bed as the opening titles appear, Schwartzman lacquers this whole thing with a syrupy haze of melancholy, as if channeling Zach Braff on a hefty dose of Benadryl.
Aug 15, 2024 · Nick Jonas and Brittany Snow play siblings coordinating funeral logistics for their mom in this drama, a cross between “Terms of Endearment” and a Hallmark movie. From left, Brittany Snow...
5 days ago · In “The Good Half,” Nick Jonas plays Renn, a young writer who flies home to Cleveland from Los Angeles for his mother’s funeral. In real life, the actor and singer actually got to fly home ...
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6 days ago · A Coppola descendant like his brother, Jason, and a multi-hyphenate film and music personality (best known as the lead vocalist of Rooney), Schwartzman directs “The Good Half” in a bland...
2 days ago · In The Good Half, David Arquette and Nick Jonas are at odds. The former plays Rick, the stepfather of a grieving Renn (Jonas). Renn's mom and Rick's wife Lily (Elisabeth Shue) passed away, and the ...
3 days ago · As David Arquette as David Arquette might be, his character does tee up a truly baffling scene in the film’s final moments involving some comedic break-in; “ Nebraska ” did something similar and far better. There’s not much more to say, as the film predictably concludes with a tighter family unit, unsurprising in the wake of a loss.
Aug 15, 2024 · When, and to which female listener, Renn will confront his demons is the question that drives “The Good Half,” which feels caught between “Terms of Endearment” and a Hallmark movie. Wry gags, like a hoarder priest, butt up against heartfelt exchanges.
