Sometimes I feel I hear so much about the big-budget movies before they ever hit the screen that it seems weird when the films finally make it to the theater. Opening night at the box office seems redundant after six months of chatter! This is not the case with the upcoming flick, The Vicious Kind. In fact, I've never even heard of it - which is refreshing for me, but might not bode well for the release. Let's help turn the tide. The dramady features two of my favorite actors, Adam Scott and Brittany Snow. If you haven't yet seen Adam's turn as a disillusioned actor turn caterer in Party Down, you owe it to yourself to see it right away. Here are a few details on the project that has brought these two cuties together, via First Showing:
[This stars a bittersweet Adam Scott (the male nurse from
Knocked Up), a super sweet Brittany Snow (the hot blonde girl from Hairspray),
and a freakin' sweet J.K. Simmons (who plays J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man).
It seems kind of like an awkward mix of an indie drama and mumblecore comedy,
but that could be a good thing. The bitter Caleb Sinclaire (Adam Scott) tries
to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend (Brittany Snow) he brings home
during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.
The Vicious Kind is both written and directed by former Neil
LaBute protege, filmmaker Lee Toland Krieger, of only the 2006 film December
Ends previously. This first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier
this year (in 2009). And it also just landed two Independent Spirit Awards
nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Lead Actor. The Vicious Kind will be
opening in very limited theaters starting on December 11th.]
This is rumored to be a breakout, leading-man role for Adam - which I hope turns out to be the case. Anyone who can steal the show from Will Ferrell (another fave), as Scott was able to do in Step Brothers, deserves a break!
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