C'mon C'mon

Name: C'mon C'mon
Genre: Drama
Released: November 19, 2021
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Brandon Rush, Callan Farris, Cooper Jack Rubin, Elaine Kagan, Gaby Hoffmann

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A24 | Release Date: November 19, 2021 | R

Starring: Brandon Rush, Callan Farris, Cooper Jack Rubin, Elaine Kagan, Gaby Hoffmann, Jaboukie Young-White, Joaquin Phoenix, Kate Adams, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Khadija Emma Neumann, Mary Passeri, Molly Webster, Mya Gonzales, Scoot McNairy, Woody Norman

Summary: Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) is a kindhearted radio journalist deep into a project in which he interviews children across the U.S. about our world’s uncertain future. His sister, Viv (Gaby Hoffmann), asks him to watch her 8-year-old son, Jesse (Woody Norman), while she tends to the child’s father, who’s suffering from mental health issues.Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) is a kindhearted radio journalist deep into a project in which he interviews children across the U.S. about our world’s uncertain future. His sister, Viv (Gaby Hoffmann), asks him to watch her 8-year-old son, Jesse (Woody Norman), while she tends to the child’s father, who’s suffering from mental health issues. After agreeing, Johnny finds himself connecting with his nephew in ways he hadn’t expected, ultimately taking Jesse with him on a journey from Los Angeles to New York to New Orleans. … Expand

Director: Mike Mills

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 108 min

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The Telegraph Tim Robey

Jan 10, 2022

While it’s fully grounded as a family portrait, overlaid on it still is that type of cosmic optimism which makes Mills’s work so lovely. I’m not even sure we fully deserve it, but it would be sheer masochism to turn it down. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Sep 3, 2021

The character complexities grow out of Mills’ divinely extraordinary writing. Read full review

Matthew Dougherty

Nov 10, 2021

Writer-director Mike Mills gets the very best from Joaquin Phoenix by pairing him with the young Woody Norman. Their pitch-perfect chemistry enlivens this quiet road drama about the perspectives of our youth with emotionality that won’t leave a dry eye in the house. Read full review

Kim Hughes

Nov 29, 2021

Those ambivalent towards children may find the film positively tedious. Those in tune with its up-close storytelling and gentle pace may find much to enjoy. Read full review

Tara Brady

Dec 3, 2021

C’mon C’mon is certainly heartfelt, but it lacks the lovely levity that defined Mills’s earlier films. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Sep 3, 2021

C’mon C’mon proves plenty poignant, but it’s less entertaining than it might have been. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Nov 18, 2021

C’mon C’mon is a nice movie about characters who are so nice that I almost feel bad for not being nicely disposed toward them or this movie, even with Joaquin Phoenix as the guy and Gaby Hoffmann as the sister. Read full review

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RightThen

Nov 28, 2021

Beautiful. Wonderful performances that never feel like acting. Black and white cinematography is stunning.

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alejandro970

May 28, 2022

No one said babysitting was easy, right? What makes this mix of drama and comedy attractive, in addition to the performances, is how they manage to gain the viewer's empathy, so that one is left with a great taste in the mouth. The best of indie cinema.

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bertobellamy

May 3, 2022

How could a movie in which so little happens be this impactful?

For me, 'C'mon C'mon' is a tribute to childhood. Mike Mills gets us into Johnny's point of view to examine the desires and tribulations of kids in modern U. S. A. It's through Johnny's eyes and ears that we get to see and hearHow could a movie in which so little happens be this impactful?

For me, 'C'mon C'mon' is a tribute to childhood. Mike Mills gets us into Johnny's point of view to examine the desires and tribulations of kids in modern U. S. A. It's through Johnny's eyes and ears that we get to see and hear how children look at us, and how they perceive the unrest of a crazy adult world in which nothing makes sense. Not only does the peculiar relationship between Johnny and Jesse, his precious yet charming nephew, gives us insight into this, but the numerous conversations that Johnny has with kids of different backgrounds — he's a radio journalist making some kind of documentary —; all these conversations and interactions paint a portrait of a hopeful youthhood, one which I hope rules the world while I'm still in it.

'C'mon C'mon' optimistic spirit is laudable, and this is the recent Joaquin Phoenix role that made me feel something, unlike the 'Joker' one.… Expand

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JimmySpeaker

Dec 6, 2021

Joaquin Phoenix delivers (yet again) another incredible performance, this time taking up the relatable, emotional role of "Uncle Johnny". With strong performances from Gaby Hoffman and Woody Norman, C'mon C'mon serves as another great example of Phoenix's explorations into the indie genre.Joaquin Phoenix delivers (yet again) another incredible performance, this time taking up the relatable, emotional role of "Uncle Johnny". With strong performances from Gaby Hoffman and Woody Norman, C'mon C'mon serves as another great example of Phoenix's explorations into the indie genre. In an interesting decision, the film is black and white - which emphasizes the film's dialogue and emotion. With beautiful cinematography of New York City and New Orleans, and a comforting but dynamic score, C'mon C'mon is a daring, beautiful performance. There were points where the underlying philosophical messaging felt a bit too obvious or "pushy", but the loud messaging is balanced by the thought-provoking scenes and dialogue by which it is delivered. A24 delivers yet another promising cinematic experience in C'mon C'mon.… Expand

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Brent_Marchant

Nov 26, 2021

"C'mon C'mon" is certainly an apt title for this offering -- it's what I kept saying to myself throughout much of this directionless exercise in pretentious contrivance, my leg progressively tiring of being pulled from the lack of credible believability. Director Mike Mills's latest"C'mon C'mon" is certainly an apt title for this offering -- it's what I kept saying to myself throughout much of this directionless exercise in pretentious contrivance, my leg progressively tiring of being pulled from the lack of credible believability. Director Mike Mills's latest exploration of "feelings!" is so overwrought that I lost interest quickly; in fact, I started checking my watch about 25 minutes into it and found myself doing so frequently thereafter. This is yet another film featuring the scenario of a quirky, uber-sensitive, ultra-perceptive kid who simultaneously claims to not understand the world around him while somehow also having an uncanny grasp of it, surrounded by adults who are fundamentally even more clueless than he is despite their pontifications about the latest in child-rearing techniques. The over-the-top coddling afforded the child annoyingly comes across like a time-out on steroids, even going so far as to have the parental figures seemingly always apologizing to the youngster for their shortcomings. I'm by no means opposed to giving children their say and the need for adults to make up for their faults toward them when necessary, but this one got on my nerves early and often in its slow-motion stroll to the finish line. To its credit, the picture's black-and-white cinematography is gorgeous, and the film features a fine supporting performance by Gaby Hoffmann. But the choice of Joaquin Phoenix for the lead role is a prime example of miscasting, and Woody Norman as his pint-sized sidekick pervasively got under my skin. Those who are lavishing praise on this one are in desperate need of reality check, not unlike the characters in this narrative and the crew that made the film.… Expand

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Scraper

Dec 23, 2021

I'm bored with children who are wise beyond their years talking and talking and never really doing much of anything. Movies like this just end at some point without the audiences realizing they've been through a climax which is exactly what this dull movie does.

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jake-b

Dec 23, 2021

A movie about infantile adults, made for other infantile adults. If this is modern being and "parenting", complete with mic and recorder -- everyone's an artist! -- the future will be worse than anyone in this movie (the question is frequently asked) could hope to guess.

It's enough to makeA movie about infantile adults, made for other infantile adults. If this is modern being and "parenting", complete with mic and recorder -- everyone's an artist! -- the future will be worse than anyone in this movie (the question is frequently asked) could hope to guess.

It's enough to make any decent person look with admiration at American rednecks.… Expand

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