Nowadays, most people carry with them something that no other generation has ever had before... and whether it's through a phone or a tablet or a laptop, that thing they carry is a key to everything. It's a key to new ideas, a key to new information, a key to new people, a key to complete reinvention. The advent of the internet has meant that anyone can access anything and anyone, which can become a revelation in freedom or a suffocating blanket to struggle under. Human relationships and interaction have changed greatly because of this, and this is the world in which we find ourselves in the latest film from Jason Reitman - Men, Women & Children.
Based on a book by Chad Kultgen, the film follows a group of high schoolers and their parents as they try to navigate the state of relationships as they have shifted as a result of the internet and more direct personal communication, be that for good or ill.
And my God it looks sickly. Not just sickly, but generic. Considering the fairly timely and interesting premise, it's kind of amazing they were able to pull together a trailer that manages to make Men, Women & Children look so damn bland. Other marketing material for this film has felt different, slower, more carefully selected to convey something more unique about the film. This one does not. Reitman can normally be seen to have a better sense of sophistication to his films, but this trailer just smothers that, if indeed it is there at all.
What's also interesting is that, unlike previous trailer releases, this particular one makes absolutely no use of any of the big names, with the exception of Jennifer Garner. Perhaps this is the point, and this trailer is about focusing on the young pair of Kaitlyn Dever and Ansel Elgort and what their story shall be in the greater whole of the movie. However, just from what's seen here, there is little to really inspire much behind their story, or in Men, Women & Children. Perhaps we will know better by the time the film gets its December release, but it's not looking promising thus far.
Based on a book by Chad Kultgen, the film follows a group of high schoolers and their parents as they try to navigate the state of relationships as they have shifted as a result of the internet and more direct personal communication, be that for good or ill.
And my God it looks sickly. Not just sickly, but generic. Considering the fairly timely and interesting premise, it's kind of amazing they were able to pull together a trailer that manages to make Men, Women & Children look so damn bland. Other marketing material for this film has felt different, slower, more carefully selected to convey something more unique about the film. This one does not. Reitman can normally be seen to have a better sense of sophistication to his films, but this trailer just smothers that, if indeed it is there at all.
What's also interesting is that, unlike previous trailer releases, this particular one makes absolutely no use of any of the big names, with the exception of Jennifer Garner. Perhaps this is the point, and this trailer is about focusing on the young pair of Kaitlyn Dever and Ansel Elgort and what their story shall be in the greater whole of the movie. However, just from what's seen here, there is little to really inspire much behind their story, or in Men, Women & Children. Perhaps we will know better by the time the film gets its December release, but it's not looking promising thus far.