Vivienne Chan / 05 August 2013 / Categories: Movie and TV Shows, Movie

The Paperboy

Directed by Lee Daniels, it is based on the 1995 novel The Paperboy by American author Pete Dexter.

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A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

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TERRIFFIC ACTING FROM KIDMAN

You can tell when you watch this Lee Daniels (Precious) movie he brings the very best out of his star studded cast for The Paperboy and what a motley crew it it.

Nicole Kidman is like I've never seen her before, she plays this 40 plus, crazy southern trailer park woman who has promised herself to a death row inmate Hilary, played by a scary looking John Cusack and she takes the story to a small town family who own the local newspaper whose eldest son Ward played by Matthew McConaughey comes home to investigate the story for the much larger Miami paper he works for.

First off you will have never seen a movie like this. It is completely character driven at the beginning, the build up feels slow, you are not sure where it's going, the thing that holds you in is the tremendous character acting. Dont quit on the movie. All the action is in the 2nd half and you will be on the edge of your seat.

I actually ended up watching the second half of the film twice. It was powerful. I am so sure many people who see this film outside the US maybe will find it shocking that some people live like this.

The thing that makes this film so touching in a way is the human element in the individual characters' stories. The serial killer, wrongly accused death row inmate has been done so many times before but never ever like this and funnily enough the back story leaves the after taste. I give this film a solid 8/10.