Manglehorn (2014)

Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend.

Director: David Gordon Green

Writer: Paul Logan

Stars: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine

 

 

 

Storyline

A.J. Manglehorn is a reclusive Texas key-maker who spends his days caring for his cat, finding comfort in his work and lamenting a long lost love. Enter kind-hearted bank teller Dawn whose interest in the eccentric Manglehorn may just be able to draw him out of his shell.

Release Date: 19 June 2015 (USA)

Box Office

Budget: $4,000,000 (estimated)

Run time: 97 min

Reviews

I saw this film at the South By Southwest Film Festival and it has stayed with me since then and now I'm now looking forward to its release. I am a gigantic Al Pacino fan and was excited to see him in this movie because it appeared that for the first time in a long time he was invested in the character and the film. The fact that the director Green and the screenwriter Logan created this role specifically for him probably helped. The story is quite simple. Manglehorn is a lonely and bitter locksmith who once loved a woman who left him. He has lived his remaining years regretting this situation and it has turned him into a shell of his former self. How do we know what his former self was? Because some of the characters talk about who he was and apparently it was a man who almost had God like abilities. The movie is an imitate look at what this man's life is like today. He loves his granddaughter, he hates his son, he accepts the praise of a former little league player, and he's conflicted about letting go of his lost love in acceptance of a new one. That's what the movie is and it's strange and moving. But I also couldn't help thinking that there might be something underneath all this considering it was written specifically for Al Pacino. As I thought about it I took more away from it. Manglehorn is Al Pacino. The people who talk about who he used to be is us who love the roles he used to take on. He used to be miraculous/ he used to be an amazing actor. His lost love might be his lost passion for acting. And the movie is about his journey to find that passion again while his demons, drinking, ego, and anger, keep him from being the talented man he used to be. This was my interpretation of the movie and seeing how there are quite a few references to Pacino's previous work I wonder if I'm wrong. But even ignoring that you can enjoy this movie for nothing more than a great platform to see a new and exciting Al Pacino performance. 

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