It’s not always easy keeping up with this film, and there are more than a few times when it really doesn’t seem worth the effort.On the plus side, however, “Run This Town” offers some sharp observations about the struggle to provide anything like watchdog journalism in an age of diminished budgets and readership. But Kamal swallows his outrage because he thinks Ford is, on balance, doing good things for Toronto. Run this Town An emerging political scandal in Toronto in 2013 seen through the eyes of young staffers at city hall and a local newspaper. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Through the characters of Bram and (especially) Kamal, Tollman illustrates the various ways millennials — and, yes, their elders — are tempted to talk themselves into cutting corners, avoiding introspection and doing dodgy things while pursuing, if not lofty goals, at least continued employment. ).At the center of the untidy narrative — a liberally fictionalized version of real-life events — two young men played by very fine actors gradually emerge as morally compromised but irresistibly fascinating co-protagonists.Don’t misunderstand: Kamal isn’t exactly Ford’s soul mate; he is suitably repelled by the mayor’s improper activities, especially when his boss crudely comes on to Ashley (Nina Dobrev), an attractive co-worker who takes Kamal’s silence as an act of personal betrayal.
Run This Town stars Damien Lewis as Rob Ford during his final year as the mayor of Toronto. It’s the sort of bombshell that even Kamal may be unable defuse.
Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Check this box to enable the send button. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. And while Bram’s editors — played with just the right measures of cynicism and condescension by Scott Speedman and Jennifer Ehle — are initially skeptical, they ultimately provide their drone with the sizable sum demanded by the person or persons in possession of the incriminating video.As Bram departs to close the deal, Ehle’s character delivers the funniest and pithiest line in the entire movie: “Go buy us some clicks!”All of which may make “Run This Town” sound a good deal more coherent than it actually is. A wildly uneven but occasionally insightful drama about not-so-innocent bystanders in the orbit of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.It doesn’t help much that Tollman takes far too long during the rapid-fire crisscrossing of storylines throughout his movie’s first third before making it clear which individuals should be paid primary attention. Running time: 98 MIN. :) 16 February 2019 tags: Run This Town. Film Review: ‘Run This Town’ Reviewed at SXSW (Narrative Spotlight), March 15, 2019.
eMail. Jay's ["D.O.A. Next: 10 Best Political Documentaries On Netflix Right Now. Damian Lewis has been cast as former Toronto mayor Rob Ford in a Toronto-filmed movie about his crack cocaine scandal called Run This Town. Now, a feature film called Run This Town is in the works, and Billions star Damian Lewis will be playing the late mayor. It is 99 minutes long and rated R for language and sexual references. And he knows that being associated with such a popular figure is good for his career.The professional lives of Kamal and Bram become inextricably entwined when Bram takes a phone call intended for a recently fired reporter, and learns that somebody somewhere in Toronto may have filmed Mayor Ford smoking crack (one of several actual events Tollman didn’t have to make up).
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