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Creative Screenwriting spoke with Strouse about character-driven movies, basing a script on real-life events, and what makes a good story. Note that this article contains spoilers.
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 are forced by circumstances beyond their control to come to terms with their unresolved flaws, issues, and failings. They learn that they have to take things as they come to them and, as one character says, "You won't know until you get there that you're okay."
Aug 26, 2016 · The Hollars. Comedy. 105 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2016. Matt Zoller Seitz. August 26, 2016. 6 min read. “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 ...
Aug 22, 2016 · In the film, written by Jim Strouse (“ Grace is Gone ”), Krasinski plays John Hollar, a NYC artist who returns home after his mother Sally (Margo Martindale) is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Feb 23, 2017 · (NuMetro) What it's about: A struggling NYC artist, John Hollar is forced to return to the small, middle-American town he left behind after learning about his mother’s illness.
Oct 3, 2016 · John Krasinski's directorial debut, THE HOLLARS, is a well directed film that is coupled with a rather disastrous script that makes for a mixed bag of emotion.
