The movie follows the story of Nick Flynn, a young man who works in a homeless shelter. After 18 years, it appears Nick will face another life when he meets his father again in a vacuum. Now, Nick tries to cope with the rift that has grown over time.
It's a shame the studio didn't choose to keep the original title of the book in place, Another Bulls**t Night in Suck City would have been quite fitting for the film.
I'm still not sure what this is all supposed to be about, save for a bunch of scenes that happened to somebody, sometime.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 16, 2012
He might be guilty of showboating, but De Niro's knockout performance is a declaration that the star of "Raging Bull" isn't ready to hang up his gloves.
Being Flynn is too dark to appeal to the faint of heart and too safe to draw in those looking for an honest portrayal of a troubled father-son relationship.
Eventually, the movie warps in on itself and becomes its own parody: an overly pretentious movie about an overly pretentious writer, which is not very well written at all.
