Sep 18: Ezra

Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2024
7 pm @ Galaxy Cinemas, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Director: Tony Goldwyn
USA 2023
English; 100 min
Rated: 14A for language, some sexual references and drug use.

Bobby Cannavale and Robert De Niro hit the road in this star-studded and heartwarming comedy about stand-up comics and stand-up parents — or at least those trying to be. New Jersey comic Max (Cannavale) tells stories, not jokes, with there being no better source of chaos in his life to pull from than his son with autism, Ezra (William A. Fitzgerald). Finding himself at odds with doctors and ex-wife Jenna (Rose Byrne), Max packs their bags and brings both
his father (Robert De Niro) and Ezra on a cross-country trek to Los Angeles, where Max has been promised a spot on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

A film that nevertheless deserves to be seen and discussed.
Sergio Burstein, Los Angeles Times

This is worthwhile film-making and the performances are solid, but there’s too much reliance on the schmaltz factor, especially towards the end. It will be interesting to see what the young actor Fitzgerald does next. Stephen Romei,
The Australian