Last night's movie was the world premiere of Ten Year, the directorial debut of Jamie Linden (previous credits include the screenplays for We Are Marshall and Dear John) and tells the story of a group of former classmates coming together for their 10 year high school reunion.
It's a really large ensemble cast, including Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum as a couple (it's his reunion, she's along for the ride), his high school love played by Rosario Dawson who shows up with husband Ron Livingston in tow, married couples Chris Pratt & Ari Graynor and Brian Geraghty & Aubrey Plaza, Oscar Isaac as the guy who went away and got famous and spends the night catching up with Kate Mara, Scott Porter (Jason Street!) back from Japan along with his girlfriend and Anthony Mackie, Lynn Collins, Justin Long and Max Mingella as fellow classmates who's lives aren't quite where they wanted them to be 10 years after high school.
The movie was fine, probably about a 6 out of 10 if I had to rate it. The stories are interweaved nicely and while I wasn't surprised by any of the plot elements they were all well executed. It was fun to see Ari Graynor play the straight, sober counterpoint to Chris Pratt (who was hilarious as the drunken former high school douche) after her wonderful turn on the other side of that equation in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. The song written and performed by Oscar Isaac was great and Aubrey Plaza was very fun to watch every time she showed up on screen. The chemistry among the cast was completely believable as people who had known each other for a long time.
A vast chunk of the cast were there, and I'm sure a bunch of other people involved with the film based on the rowdiness of the crowd at the Ryerson last night. Notable absenses were Chris Pratt who had been in town all weekend to support Moneyball and left Linden a message to read to the crowd (because he'd promised on his mother's life to do so), Rosario Dawson, Anthony Mackie and Ron Livingston. After the screening Linden brought them all up on stage for a Q&A session. They talked about the inspiration for the movie, the challenges of filming with such a large cast with so many stories to tell, how well some of them had known each other before filming the movie and how much better (or worse) this portrayal was compared to their own high school reunion experiences.
All in all, just another good night at TIFF.
It's a really large ensemble cast, including Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum as a couple (it's his reunion, she's along for the ride), his high school love played by Rosario Dawson who shows up with husband Ron Livingston in tow, married couples Chris Pratt & Ari Graynor and Brian Geraghty & Aubrey Plaza, Oscar Isaac as the guy who went away and got famous and spends the night catching up with Kate Mara, Scott Porter (Jason Street!) back from Japan along with his girlfriend and Anthony Mackie, Lynn Collins, Justin Long and Max Mingella as fellow classmates who's lives aren't quite where they wanted them to be 10 years after high school.
The movie was fine, probably about a 6 out of 10 if I had to rate it. The stories are interweaved nicely and while I wasn't surprised by any of the plot elements they were all well executed. It was fun to see Ari Graynor play the straight, sober counterpoint to Chris Pratt (who was hilarious as the drunken former high school douche) after her wonderful turn on the other side of that equation in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. The song written and performed by Oscar Isaac was great and Aubrey Plaza was very fun to watch every time she showed up on screen. The chemistry among the cast was completely believable as people who had known each other for a long time.
A vast chunk of the cast were there, and I'm sure a bunch of other people involved with the film based on the rowdiness of the crowd at the Ryerson last night. Notable absenses were Chris Pratt who had been in town all weekend to support Moneyball and left Linden a message to read to the crowd (because he'd promised on his mother's life to do so), Rosario Dawson, Anthony Mackie and Ron Livingston. After the screening Linden brought them all up on stage for a Q&A session. They talked about the inspiration for the movie, the challenges of filming with such a large cast with so many stories to tell, how well some of them had known each other before filming the movie and how much better (or worse) this portrayal was compared to their own high school reunion experiences.
All in all, just another good night at TIFF.
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