Big Sur

Name: Big Sur
Genre: Drama
Released: November 1, 2013
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Jean-Marc Barr, Josh Lucas, Kate Bosworth, Radha Mitchell

2013

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Ketchup Entertainment | Release Date: November 1, 2013 | R

Starring: Anthony Edwards, Jean-Marc Barr, Josh Lucas, Kate Bosworth, Radha Mitchell

Summary: A recounting of Jack Kerouac's (here known by the name of his fictional alter-ego Jack Duluoz) three sojourns to poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti's cabin in Big Sur.

Director: Michael Polish

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 81 min

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Stephen Holden

Oct 31, 2013

Filmed without a trace of sentimentality, Big Sur is an achingly sad last hurrah. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Nov 2, 2013

Big Sur rises and fades, shifts and moves, through movements and melodies, singing a beautifully sad song for an era and a man who lost his way. Read full review

Robert Abele

Oct 31, 2013

Although no less fawning and indulgent about its self-centered subject, played by Jean-Marc Barr (who also narrates, run-on style), the muted emptiness of the ill-fated sojourn wills its way toward something like existential meaningfulness. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Oct 30, 2013

Nobody’s given the opportunity to do much more than brood prettily and occasionally shout carpe diembromides into the pounding surf. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Nov 1, 2013

But with Kerouac declaring that “the only thing that matters is the conceptions in my own mind,” we’re still left waiting for the filmmaker who can take us there. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Oct 29, 2013

Not exactly a hagiography, Polish's film isn't a tragedy, either -- it's just an uneventful afternoon spent with a dozing rummy. Read full review

Nick Schager

Oct 29, 2013

Edited to ribbons so that every peripheral player — Kate Bosworth, Radha Mitchell, Josh Lucas, Henry Thomas — is even more one-dimensional than Kerouac himself, it’s a work that accurately expresses the awfulness of narcissistic self-destruction, and nothing else. Read full review

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VisualBoy

Sep 14, 2016

Caught Big Sur on DVD last night. Visually stunning (M. David Mullen camera lens) film that lets Kerouac's words breathe in the external beauty while dipping into Kerouac's dark psyche. I liked the mix of Beat characters, all good performances, and the voiceover helped to provide contextCaught Big Sur on DVD last night. Visually stunning (M. David Mullen camera lens) film that lets Kerouac's words breathe in the external beauty while dipping into Kerouac's dark psyche. I liked the mix of Beat characters, all good performances, and the voiceover helped to provide context with Jack's state of mind. Worth a watch.… Expand

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