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In The Hollars, directed by and starring John Krasinkski, John Hollar is forced to return to his hometown after news of his mother’s illness, and there reconnects with his dysfunctional family. Creative Screenwriting spoke with Strouse about character-driven movies, basing a script on real-life events, and what makes a good story.
Aug 26, 2016 · “The Hollars” is just good enough to make you wish that it were better. John Krasinski , longtime costar of “The Office,” directed this modestly budgeted family drama; the writer is James C. Strouse (“ Lonesome Jim ,” “The Winning Season”), who specializes in small-scaled, domestically focused stories of a sort that exhibitors ...
Aspiring New York City artist, John Hollar returns to his Middle America hometown on the eve of his mother’s brain surgery. Joined by his girlfriend, eight months pregnant with their first child, John is forced to navigate the crazy world he left behind.
While Strouse's script is riddled with worn out plot threads and paint-by-numbers familiarity, there's something to be said for his ability to infuse the story and its characters with richness and humanity in the midst of it all.
The Hollars is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by John Krasinski and written by James C. Strouse. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Krasinski, starring Anna Kendrick, Sharlto Copley, Charlie Day, Richard Jenkins, and Margo Martindale.
John Hollar (Krasinski), a struggling graphic novelist living in New York City, is forced to come back to his hometown after his mother Sally (Margo Martindale) has a brain tumor, and joins his father Don (Richard Jenkins) and brother Ron (Sharlto Copley) to stay by her side.
THE HOLLARS is one of the more entertaining, ultimately uplifting movies of the year, with some unexpected Christian, redemptive content, but there is also plenty of strong foul language and some humanist views expressed, though rebuked.
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