Main Street (2010)

Main Street (2010). 1h 32m | PG

“This movie is a perfect example of what can go wrong when you elevate someone to u0026quot;national treasureu0026quot; status. People have suggested that Horton Foote would be embarrassed by this last effort of his. I maintain that he is the primary cause for that embarrassment. Iu0026#39;m from a small town. I understand the value of this type of subject matter and how it should be undertaken. I completely comprehend u0026quot;character studiesu0026quot; and u0026quot;place studiesu0026quot;. This movie is a very poor example of all the above. Simply put, Horton Foote has written a very bad screenplay. Whatu0026#39;s worse, director John Doyle not only doesnu0026#39;t seem to realize it but he has no sense of pace let alone story—hence this is his only big screen credit. This screenplay is so bad, it is reminiscent of a high school student effort right down to the embarrassing overused bad last line. A gifted cast (although Colin Firth is totally miscast) is wasted. Orlando Bloom and Patricia Clarkson seem the only ones trying to navigate without benefit of a road map. The so-called moral of the story is so defeated by the vagueness and dreary boredom of the storyline that there winds up being no moral at all.”