Krystal

Name: Krystal
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: April 13, 2018
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Felicity Huffman, Grant Gustin, Jacob Latimore, Kathy Bates, Nick Robinson

2018

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Krystal

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Paladin | Release Date: April 13, 2018

Starring: Felicity Huffman, Grant Gustin, Jacob Latimore, Kathy Bates, Nick Robinson, Rick Fox, Rosario Dawson, T.I., William Fichtner, William H. Macy

Summary: Taylor Ogburn (Nick Robinson) is a young sheltered man from the South with a strange heart condition. Because of his ailment, he can't go to college - let alone drink or do drugs or experience life in any real way. Upon meeting the woman of his dreams - an ex-hooker-stripper-junkie-alcoholic with a sixteen year old son in a wheelchair -Taylor Ogburn (Nick Robinson) is a young sheltered man from the South with a strange heart condition. Because of his ailment, he can't go to college - let alone drink or do drugs or experience life in any real way. Upon meeting the woman of his dreams - an ex-hooker-stripper-junkie-alcoholic with a sixteen year old son in a wheelchair - Taylor pretends to be in AA to try and woo her. His fabulously talented family (who perhaps actually belong in AA) not surprisingly have a thing or two to say about Taylor falling for this beguiling and unpredictable woman. Past transgressions smash head on with young love, causing complications for everyone involved but In order to have even a hint of a chance to come out the other side, Taylor must face his own demons and learn what it means to live without fear and finally become a man.… Expand

Director: William H. Macy

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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Washington Post - Susan Wloszczyna

Apr 9, 2018

Secrets, lies and vast array of medical emergencies beset the game cast (which includes Kathy Bates and Felicity Huffman, Macy’s real-life wife) before the story goes fully off the rails. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Dana Schwartz

Apr 13, 2018

Krystal feels like the result of an elaborate blunder wherein three different scripts were accidentally shuffled together and then — presumably through a series of hijinks — the director accidentally shot it all straight through. Read full review

TheWrap - April Wolfe

Apr 12, 2018

The comic drama Krystal, marking William H. Macy’s third time out as a feature director, is so baffling that it must be appreciated at least for its ability to defy all logic. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - Frank Scheck

Apr 12, 2018

Other than the luminous Dawson, who somehow manages to rise above the hackneyed material, none of the principal players emerge from this cinematic wreckage unscathed. Director Macy emphasizes the comedic aspects of the material in such overly broad fashion that Krystal begins to resemble a demented sitcom that could only have benefited from a laugh track. Read full review

The New York Times - Teo Bugbee

Apr 12, 2018

At 93 minutes Krystal feels chaotic and thin, like a pilot that was also forced to be a series finale. Read full review

Slant Magazine - Derek Smith

Apr 8, 2018

The gravity of Krystal's situation is undermined at every turn by the filmmakers' excessively broad, comedic strokes. Read full review

Village Voice - Craig D. Lindsey

Apr 12, 2018

What this tiresome, out-of-pocket-ass movie actually does is create a painfully kooky, mad world where the only good thing about it is that Rosario Dawson can still turn men into idiots with her presence. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Jan 7, 2019

Coming from directing the pathetic ''The The Layover''; William H. Macy returns to the director's chairt to deliver another miserable film with a soulful performance by Rosario Dawson in what is perhaps one of the worst roles of her entire career.

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