Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass (2009)

Leaves of Grass

1/5
(26 votes)
6.4IMDb58Metascore

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Cast

Goofs

(at around 1 min) When the twins are talk talking outside, his grip on the beer bottle keeps shifting between scenes, and also the watch he keeps changing its size and position on the hand.

Ken Feinman had been shot and while lying dead on the ground he blinks his eyes nervously waiting for the end of the scene and the director's "cut".

When Brady wakes Bill up to show him his new haircut and have him visit his mother, Bill's hair is unkempt.

When the shot goes back to Bill his hair is magically brushed.

When Brady goes to sleep in the waterbed with the black light on he is fully dressed.

When he wakes up, he's in a t-shirt and boxer shorts.

When Brady gets shot, he is first seen to be shot in the stomach but when he is lying on the ground the wound has moved to his chest area.

Awards

SXSW Film Festival 2010


Audience Award
Spotlight Premiere

Box Office

DateAreaGross
10 October 2010 USA USD 68,009
4 October 2010 USA USD 56,756
26 September 2010 USA USD 41,516
19 September 2010 USA USD 20,987
DateAreaGrossScreens
19 September 2010 USA USD 20,987 3
DateAreaGrossScreens
10 October 2010 USA USD 3,801 3
4 October 2010 USA USD 7,750 6
26 September 2010 USA USD 15,009 6
19 September 2010 USA USD 20,987 3

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Reviews

I love Edward Norton and think this film should have garnered a much wider audience and a much higher box-office return than it did. Every character is beautifully performed, from the most minor role, to the always extraordinary Mr Norton himself.

Edward Norton has fun in a dual role playing twin brothers, one a philosophy professor, the other a redneck cannabis grower. There is violence, trickery and deep moral questioning.

This was quite the engaging story about crime and the consequences of our choices in life. However, parts of it just didn't seem to click, with a few too many glaring plot holes.

Whilst there is nothing deep and meaningful here the plot and characters are plausible. The pace is about right as is the mix between humour and action.

And he most definitely achieved that, I found myself immersed in the story he created, Norton made both of his characters very believable, on one hand you got the lackadaisical country brother Brady and on the other you got the educated-know-it-all brother Billy, both performed expertly by a talented actor.Now I adored this film and nearly every scene was memorable, one scene I really liked even though it was depressing was when Brady approaches Feinman (Josh Pias) who panics and point blank fires a round into Brady's chest, seeing this Billy almost immediately fired a single shot into the man who inexplicably killed his brother, I have a brother myself (not a twin, an older a-hole brother) and I would have probably done the same thing if I was ever in that situation no matter how unlikely it was, in fact I think any sibling would do the same (unless said sibling was a bad person).

Recognizing the skillful Edward Norton as dramatic actor indeed, it wasn't enough to save this black comedy, full of the ups and downs, mixing classic philosophy with hydroponic marijuana, also introducing poetry and worst, the movie implied a clash of two religions without any purpose at sight, Norton on double action of two twins brothers has some strengths, giving to the movie an interesting character study of both who are in all senses so diametrically opposed, however seemingly they had the same high I.Q.

Leaves of Grass explores both the brotherly relationship and the indifference of two twins, one of which is a school professor and the other a marijuana grower. Whilst the premise of this film is good and the start of the film is somewhat well done, it is all down hill from there.

A film about an Oklahoma pot dealer, and the old "twin-brother" trick did not seem very appealing. However, this is Ed Norton, and you know you are not going to get second rate with him.

Watching "Leaves of Grass" first off it gave me a few worries. I didn't know if it was possible for a modern film to pull this off.

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