{"id":3251,"date":"2019-09-23T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drivexmovies.com\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2019-09-23T22:33:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T22:33:00","slug":"emmett-may-be-fun-but-there-is-no-genius-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivexmovies.com\/?p=3251","title":{"rendered":"Emmett May Be Fun But There Is No Genius Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3251\" class=\"elementor elementor-3251\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a9e538 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"3a9e538\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b102130\" data-id=\"b102130\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf4272 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bf4272\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">An Indie that uses the power of dialogue\u2014 Emmett in &#8220;Boy Genius&#8221; is easily recognized as that advanced kid from school we all loved to hate. C\u2019mon, you remember one. The one shorter than you but still talking over your head. No matter what age at some point you\u2019ve been around a know-it-all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0But yeah, high school. Who had a calm four years of high school? Take a poll. I dare not one will say life was afloat and care-free. So it\u2019s very smart for Indie filmmakers Vicky Wight (<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Lost Husband, The Volunteer)<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and Bridget Stokes (<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Picked Up, Herman and Shelly)<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to capitalize on the controversial world teens suffer in and plug it with innocence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>In a coming-of-age story, our boy Emmett (re-titled Boy Genius) cannot help his over-active, very vivid, photographic mind. And a few daydreams with Emmett connects us to what it was like to be a confused but happy child.<\/p><p>\u00a0He\u2019s a child among \u201cgrown-ups.\u201d You can assume the school wants to exploit him, sure. But the mystery that follows is unexpected and is how you stay interested in the walks through the theme&#8230; which *is* about discovering who you are through your own backstory. And it\u2019s about embracing failure,<\/p><p>This film is super clean, a little comical, and a little dark. For the love of Indies, it\u2019s greatness and in my opinion successful. It\u2019s really for kids though; it\u2019s for youth in the nine- to twelve-year-old age range if I had to group it.\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Applause for Rita Wilson (<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jingle All the Way, Sleepless in Seattle<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">) who really carries the most important conversations and sprinkles scenes with interesting charms. And to our endearing lovable Miles Brown (<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Blackish<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">) for sustaining lengthy, intellectual, if not somewhat pedantic, monologues on almost every single page of the script.<\/span><\/p><p>I would say, put this one in your school locker until you can catch this on video.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indie that uses the power of dialogue\u2014 Emmett in &#8220;Boy Genius&#8221; is easily recognized as that advanced kid from school we all loved to hate. C\u2019mon, you remember one. The one shorter than you but still talking over your head. No matter what age at some point you\u2019ve been around a know-it-all.&nbsp; &nbsp;But yeah, high school. Who had a calm four years of high school? Take a poll. 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