All Good Things (2010)
For the life of me, I don’t understand why any girl would have a celebrity crush on Ryan Gosling. I didn’t understand it in The Notebook, and I don’t understand his being cast as, literally, a perfect Ken doll. To me, he’ll always be that kid in class who hits you in the back of the neck with spit wads, then plants drugs in your locker so he doesn’t get busted in gym class.
Case in point: All Good Things.
Ryan meets cutie-pie Kirsten Dunst while she’s in college in the 1970s. He’s a spoiled rich kid (but was that a spit wad I saw flying past her head?) but she thinks they can build something real together. They get married, but there’s trouble from the get-go. Ryan has an overbearing father, Frank Langella, and also deep mental troubles. He won’t let her have children, and actually insists on an abortion when she gets pregnant. Kirsten is incredibly unhappy, descending into a life of shallow parties and recreational drug use, staying with her husband only for the money.
This story is told in a linear way, so I won’t spoil any surprises. But something happens that’s very dark and disturbing. I wouldn’t really recommend the film unless you like creepy crime dramas. If you’re a Kirsten fan, you won’t like it. If you’re a Ryan fan, you certainly won’t like it. For me, the only scene that was worth watching was when Ryan tells her over dinner, “You would have been a wonderful mother,” and she’s so disgusted she spits out her food.
Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to creepy violence, drug use, and adult content, I wouldn’t let my kids watch it.
More Kirsten Dunst movies here!
Case in point: All Good Things.
Ryan meets cutie-pie Kirsten Dunst while she’s in college in the 1970s. He’s a spoiled rich kid (but was that a spit wad I saw flying past her head?) but she thinks they can build something real together. They get married, but there’s trouble from the get-go. Ryan has an overbearing father, Frank Langella, and also deep mental troubles. He won’t let her have children, and actually insists on an abortion when she gets pregnant. Kirsten is incredibly unhappy, descending into a life of shallow parties and recreational drug use, staying with her husband only for the money.
This story is told in a linear way, so I won’t spoil any surprises. But something happens that’s very dark and disturbing. I wouldn’t really recommend the film unless you like creepy crime dramas. If you’re a Kirsten fan, you won’t like it. If you’re a Ryan fan, you certainly won’t like it. For me, the only scene that was worth watching was when Ryan tells her over dinner, “You would have been a wonderful mother,” and she’s so disgusted she spits out her food.
Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to creepy violence, drug use, and adult content, I wouldn’t let my kids watch it.
More Kirsten Dunst movies here!