While the entertainment world falls over itself weekly to proclaim the latest Marvel and DC film the best comic book adaptation ever, it’s good to remember that back in 2001 Terry Zwigoff made Ghost World. Acerbic, nuanced and a window thrown open onto a world that was eerily familiar, Zwigoff and artist Daniel Clowes made arguably the first forgotten classic of the century.
Clowes is back on the big screen with Wilson starring Woody Harrelson as a middle-aged man with no filter on his behaviour and no forthcoming apology for his jarring nature on the rest of the world.
Here’s a handy synopsis,
Harrelson stars as Wilson, a lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged misanthrope who reunites with his estranged wife (Laura Dern) and gets a shot at happiness when he learns he has a teenage daughter (Isabella Amara) he has never met. In his uniquely outrageous and slightly twisted way, he sets out to connect with her.
Harrelson seems to be having the time of his life in this new trailer, and it’s always a pleasure to see Laura Dern on screen, giving the mouth-agape incredulity she’s so good at. Can’t wait to see who she’s playing in Twin Peaks next year too…
Spider-Man Homecoming’s Isabella Amara plays the daughter in question, and as far as this trailer goes the three seem to have the uncomfortable chemistry well in hand.
This is a red band trailer, which means it’ll shock you with harsh language and some manifest destiny-type violence.
