Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman
Director: Lee Daniels
Rating: ●○○○○ - a joke
I went to see Paperboy not sure of what to find but curious to see a movie with Nicole Kidman who I haven't seen around for a while.
Next time I should probably do my homework.
I did not like Paperboy.
The plot does not stick together, to start with.
A reporter and his brother (Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron) investigate the events surrounding a murder in an effort to exonerate a man on death row. But it is not clear why. In the middle of this, pops up Nicole Kidman a pretty naive woman, who falls in love with the accused jailed man that has never met but that wants to marry.
It simply does not make sense.
The characters then are ridiculously exaggerated and unreal.
As a result this turns this movie from an intended drama to a farce.
And then we arrive to the most ridiculous scene ever seen on the big screen (sorry for the spoiler): Zac Efron goes for a swim, gets attacked (at 2 meters from the shore) from a herd of aggressive jellyfishes, manages to drag himself to the shore and passes out (?) and what does Nicole Kidman do to save him? She pisses on him... yes, just as you read it...
