World’s Greatest Dad

Matt’s Top Performers, Director, Quotes, and Kills of 2009

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 30th, 2009 at 6:38 pm

The joy of list-making continues today as I’m running down who I thought gave the best performances of the year plus what I thought were the best quotes and kills of 2009.  Please keep in mind that regarding the performances, I haven’t seen a few key films that could have very well changed the winners and runners-up: Crazy Heart (Best Actor), The Last Station and Bright Star (Best Actress), and a few others.  If you think there was someone who clearly should’ve won or been nominated, shout out in the comments section and I’ll let you know whether I saw the film or not.

With this disclaimer out of the way, I present to you my picks for the best performers, directors, quotes, and kills of 2009.  Hit the jump to check them all out.

John Waters Lists His Top 10 Films of 2009

by Ramses Flores    Posted: December 15th, 2009 at 9:30 am

Yesterday, we brought you Quentin Tarantino’s Top 8 Films of 2009 and today we have John Waters, another film buff/director, listing his best of the year. I always find anything that Waters writes or says to be entertaining and his thoughts on these ten films are no different.  Here’s what he thought were the Top 10 Films of 2009:

1. Import Export (Ulrich Seidl)
2. Antichrist (Lars von Trier)
3. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci)
4. World’s Greatest Dad (Bobcat Goldthwait)
5. Brüno (Larry Charles)
6. Lorna’s Silence (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
7. Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodóvar)
8. The Baader Meinhof Complex (Uli Edel)
9. Whatever Works (Woody Allen)
10. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel)

To read Waters’ thoughts on each film, head over to ArtForum.

Exclusive: Robin Williams and Bobcat Goldthwait Video Interview WORLD’S GREATEST DAD

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: August 17th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

When you go to a film festival, you never know what’s going to stand out. Often the film you expect to love isn’t anything special, and a film that’s completely off everyone’s radar is the one you’re raving about. And that’s exactly what happened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival when I saw writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait’s “World’s Greatest Dad”. To say the film is great is a disservice, as it’s so awesome that just saying great isn’t good enough. I absolutely cannot recommend this film enough as it had me laughing from beginning to end with an amazing script and fantastic performances.

So to help promote the limited theatrical release of “World’s Greatest Dad”, the other day I got to speak with Robin Williams and Bobcat Goldthwait and the interview is after the jump. They tell some great stories about making the film. Also, for those not familiar with the movie, after the jump are links to the red band trailer and some movie clips.

Exclusive: Writer/Director Richard Kelly Comic-Con Video Interview – THE BOX

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 30th, 2009 at 6:05 pm

Writer/director Richard Kelly’s new movie “The Box” arrives in theaters this October. The film asks the question what if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars…but simultaneously take the life of someone you don’t know? Would you do it? And what would be the consequences? Sounds cool, doesn’t it.

So at this year’s Comic-Con, I managed to get an extended interview with Richard Kelly and we talked about “The Box”, the movies he producing like “World’s Greatest Dad”, Comic-Con, “Avatar”, his next script, 3D, the state of the film industry, and a lot more. It’s a great interview and one worth watching. Take a look after the jump:

Red-Band Trailer for WORLD’S GREATEST DAD

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 19th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

If there was a film at this year’s Sundance Film Festival that got more enthusiastic raves among my peers than “World’s Greatest Dad”, I didn’t hear about it.  Films like “Big Fan”, “Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire”, and “Moon” were certainly beloved, but I was astonished at how unanimous and fervent the praise was for Bobcat Goldthwait’s dark comedy starring Robin Williams.  Click here to read Peyton’s mini-review of the film.

Yesterday, I mocked the poster for completely mis-selling the film and hoped that the trailer would be just as deceptive.  Today, we have the film’s red-band trailer and while it’s not as bad as the poster, it doesn’t tell you the film’s major plot point.  It’s not even a spoiler.  It’s the premise for the movie.  I guess they feel that even for a red-band trailer it’s too dark so instead they fire off a few great dirty jokes and try to make it look like an R-rated version of “Problem Child”.  I like that Magnolia Pictures picks up great movies and releases them in a timely fashion, but they have no idea how to engage in effective marketing.

You can check out the trailer after the jump.  “World’s Greatest Dad” hits theatres on August 21st but first comes to XBox Live Marketplace and Amazon Video on Demand on July 24th.  I’ll be at Comic-Con but I’ll be downloading and watching it the first chance I get.

Posters for BIG FAN, COLD SOULS, and WORLD’S GREATEST DAD

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 18th, 2009 at 6:39 pm

Three new posters for independent films have debuted over the last few days and I’ve compiled them into this handy article.  Two of the posters are great.  One misrepresents the film its selling in such a tremendous way that I hope families go see it.  But I’ll get to that one last.

Hit the jump to see the new posters and my brief take on each.

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