Prince Avalanche (2013)

Prince Avalanche: Directed by David Gordon Green. With Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, Joyce Payne. Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.

“u0026quot;Prince Avalancheu0026quot; is the story of two men and is the classic comedy of differences. Alvin (Paul Rudd) is in his late thirties and has such trouble connecting with other people that he doesnu0026#39;t even realize his marriage is in trouble as he prefers to spend time alone. Lance (Emile Hirsch) is in his early twenties and he is desperate for female companionship, or just presence of females, as he is way too into himself to understand true companionship.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLance is also in need of a job and is paired with his brother-in-law, Alvin, to repaint highway lines in Texas following a devastating storm in 1988. The entire film is essentially just a conversation between the two men, and itu0026#39;s great. The dialogue is hilarious and Rudd and Hirsch have a very natural chemistry as the lines seem to have been written for them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe comedy arises from the completely opposite life views that the two men share and how both are completely oblivious to their own flaws and theyu0026#39;re also oblivious to their own failings with women. Ruddu0026#39;s Alvin has many smart, philosophical things to say and Hirschu0026#39;s Lance is just so lacking of anything resembling smarts that he canu0026#39;t even point out Alvinu0026#39;s failings which should be obvious to everyone. Alvin has no problem pointing out Lanceu0026#39;s failings but then thereu0026#39;s the whole thing about people in glass houses shouldnu0026#39;t be throwing stones.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film has a magnificent simplistic setting in the woods in rural Texas, with wonderfully-realized simplistic characters and dialogue that naturally flows through the entire thing. u0026quot;Prince Avalancheu0026quot; is the story of how a former Hollywood director has returned to his simple, non-mainstream roots and two great actors found their perfect match.”