Kristen Stewart makes her feature directorial debut with an adaption of Lidia Yuknavitch's autobiography which chronicled her abusive up bringing, days on the college swim team and her life changing experience working with Ken Kesey.
All hail Kristen Stewart, director. Is there anything that she can't do? She is a bold and daring director giving us a gloriously well-made film that is like an emotional lightning bolt into the heart. Refusing to feel shackled by convention Stewart does what every great director should do and that is make a film by any means necessary. The film feels more like the work of some of the independent directors I love to watch, but with a bit more fearlessness. There doesn't feel that anything was held back.
The cast is wonderful. Imogen Poots stands tall in a role that hides nothing. She is all there, and she so disappears into her role as Yuknavitch that I had to wait until the end credits to see who the actress was. Everyone else is just as good. I do however need to single out Jim Belushi as Ken Kesey. How could no one have realized that he was this good a character actor?
You need to see this.
Highly recommended
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