The Paperboy Movie Download

5 / 10

Nicole Kidman overwhelms everything
It’s the 60s South Florida. Anita Chester (Macy Gray) is the maid in the Jansen household and retells the events. Reporter brother Ward Jansen (Matthew McConaughey) returns home with his London friend Yardley Acheman (David Oyelowo) to investigate the murder of local sheriff Thurmond Call by Hillary Van Wetter (John Cusack) who is now on death row. Ward doesn’t approve of the death penalty and Jack Jansen (Zac Efron) tags along as the driver. Charlotte Bless (Nicole Kidman) has been writing Hillary in jail and tries to help the investigation.

Macy Gray is off-putting as the maid. It’s a supporting role but she starts the movie on the wrong foot. I really don’t like her voice or her narration. It distracts from the story. Zac Efron seems lost in this movie although his character is a little lost. David Oyelowo lacks any screen presence. He’s no Sydney Poitier especially with every white person doing a double take and calling him boy. Nicole Kidman is going full-on white trash. This is a movie where Nicole Kidman has taken over the whole story. It’s almost incidental as to what this movie is actually about. John Cusack is also playing big as the racist white trash. Matthew McConaughey tries his best to be the straight man in a rambling mess, but this movie is lost in all the mannerisms. The murder mystery matters little.Read More