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[goslinggf]

Half Nelson (2006) dir. Ryan Fleck

[kcnsas]

HALF NELSON (2006) RYAN GOSLING as DAN and SHAREEKA EPPS as DREY ++ shampoo suicide

[spicymargaritas]

PLEASE YELL ABOUT HALF-NELSON; I WATCHED IT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND OMGGGGGG.

AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭🤌🤌🤌

it doesn’t exactly leave you feeling happy, does it?! i don’t know what i was expecting, but it wasn’t that. not in a bad way though! ryan and shareeka put on such a great performance as dan and drey, emotional and strained and aaaghhh. anthony mackie was great too! it just…idk. gave me perspective. i empathize with dan and drey and drey’s mom, all in different ways. i love movies that do that, make me get invested in a character’s story enough to root for them. i think that’s why i’m loving rg’s filmography so much as i’m going through it - he chooses, overall, really compelling roles. they’re not perfect but they’re human, and of his movies i’ve seen so far, they’re likeable for the most part and you just want them to succeed. 🥺

and he’s a beautiful, beautiful man. 😍

[gregorygalloway]

Half Nelson premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2006.

Directed and co-written (with Anna Boden) by Ryan Fleck, expanding on their 19-minute Gowanus, Brooklyn they had made 2 years earlier, the film received critical praise, especially for Shareeka Epps and Ryan Gosling (Gosling was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance), with both receiving Independent Spirit Awards (Fleck also won for Best Director).

[burntoctober13]

This movie hit me too hard.

[beautifilms]

Half-Nelson (2006) dir. Ryan Fleck

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The Winning Season (2009) Jim Strouse

January 28th 2024

[theinterruptingfartnoise]

10. Half Nelson

The best part for me is the friendship between the two lead characters, watching them get to know each other and affect each other. Every moment seems deliberate and makes you think about what it’s trying to show you.

I didn’t expect the scene at the climax and it was a perfect moment of clarity. It felt emotionally similar to moments I’ve had in real life where I realize I’m in a place I’d rather not be, but more painful, and both of them face it head on. I liked that it was Drey who helped Dan. The ending is hopeful, and tied to the theme of dialectics history, how change happens gradually. It truly helps me when I feel stuck the same way.

(Ryan Gosling was nominated for an Oscar for this performance and I definitely agree.. I think it’s probably his best. There’s lots of hard scenes that he nails and he’s always incredibly interesting to watch.)