'500 Miles' review: A maudlin family drama drowning in sentimentality
A review of Morgan Matthews' film adaptation of Mark Lowery's YA novel 'Charlie and Me' (retitled '500 Miles'), which follows two young brothers fleeing their bickering parents in Sheffield on a public transport journey to their grandfather's trailer park in Dingle, Ireland. The critic pans the film for excessive sentimentality and maudlin storytelling, though notes the always-likeable Bill Nighy stars.
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If your cinematic disposition only allows your body to process base levels of background sentimentality, then you may want to give Morgan Matthews' adaptation of Mark Lowery's 2018 YA novel 'Charlie and Me' a wide berth.
Here we have as-yet-untapped conduits for screen sentimentality found in pretty much every formal and narrative decision
An improvised road trip from Sheffield to the west coast of Ireland forms the backbone of this maudlin family drama starring the always-likeable Bill…
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