Director- Philip Seymour Hoffman
Writer- Robert Glaudini
Starring- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, and Daphne Ruben-Vega
Critics Review- "Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut is a showcase for four passionate, authentic performances." - Richard Roeper
out of a possible of 5 stars- 4 stars
My Review-
I have always liked Hoffman as an actor, he can do both a drama and a comedy very well. in this film he acts as both actor and director, in his directorial debut. 'Jack Goes Boating' was also a stage play that Hoffman and Ortiz acted in plaything the same characters. Glaudini adapted his play for the screen which is good because he already knows who the characters work rather than someone else trying to adapt his play. This film works so many ways that i can see why the critics liked it. Hoffman and Ryan worked together well as a really odd couple that were just both looking for love in another person, and they way they acted made the love story really genuine. the synopsis of the movie is that "while one of the friends starts to fall in love (Hoffman) his best friends marriage (Ortiz) starts to dissolve. for Hoffman's first feature film as a director i enjoyed it. one of the reasons why is because even from watching the preview i wanted to see how Hoffman and Ryan would be a as a couple and even though they go through all the awkwardness of first meeting each other and starting to get to know each other more and more it works. there are scenes in the movie where he learns to do certain things to her such as cook, and swim because he likes her and wants to impress her, which she instantly loves and he would always replies "I'am for you." another thing that really worked well for this film, was the music that went with it and with each scene the music would cue in it went well with that scene and had I'am looking forward to buying the soundtrack for this film. I'am really interested into seeing what Hoffman will do next if he decides to direct another film.
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