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Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson?

posted 8 years ago by frobandit
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Seriously?

I've been looking forward to this since I read the book a year or so ago, and this is highly disappointing. I'll still see it, but what could and should be a great character-driven film is now going to be a star-driven film. And by stars that I really don't want to see in the first place; Julia Roberts comes off as pretentious and spotlight-hogging and Wilson has no charisma. I don't like bad-mouthing people, but I wish that if they were going the star route, they would pick others.

[–] andre_camilo_125-11-116136 8 years ago

Weird choices. Not very keen on them playing Auggie's parents. I was hoping for someone along the lines of Marisa Tomei and Jason Bateman. Roberts and Wilson are a completely mismatched pairing.
Tremblay is perfect though.

[–] cheynesn 8 years ago

I think Julia's fine. Sandra Bullock or Hillary Swank would have been good, too. Or even Jennifer Aniston. Agreed about Owen Wilson. How about Matt Damon, Ewan McGregor, or Dermot Mulroney?

[–] anthonykang 8 years ago

Those all seem good choices, especially Matt Damon would have been awesome to see, in my opinion.

Have a good day!

[–] andre_camilo_125-11-116136 8 years ago

What about Paul Rudd? He worked with Chbosky in "Perks"

[–] InsecureNeuroticControlFreak 8 years ago

I agree they are really weird choices. Julia is a very cliche choice, and Owen Wilson is just a... Strange choice.

For the parents, I could've seen someone like Amy Adams or something. And for the dad, I don't know. Someone like Sam Worthington or Joel Edgerton.

There is another reason to fill your heart with hatred.

[–] ejlfour (12) 7 years ago

I just saw it, I thought Owen Wilson was fantastic as the dad

[–] Renovatio (2990) 7 years ago

I can't bring myself to watch a movie with both of these leads... Having one of them in a movie is bearable, but having both as leads might be too much for me...

Did they actually act as the characters, or did they play their cliche caricature roles?

[–] Freakflag1 (126) 7 years ago

I thought it was an odd pairing too, but for me, it worked. They had good chemistry and did s really good job with their roles.

[–] gcarras (2770) 7 years ago

I have seen it, twice, and I loved it...coincidence that there's a dog who dies, a la Marley in Wilson's 2009 "Marley and Me" with Jennifer Aniston. Auggie actually had a lot a friends..: his family, including his teenage daughter (Via) and her own best friend (Miranda, who's seen texting him once), and at school, Jack, a girl named Summer and a few others. Jack and a few other the others (even Miranda, but not Summer) get to narrate,as well.... Both Miranda & Via are played by actual teenage girls: Via=Izabella Vidovic, Miranda=Danielle Rose Russell.

[–] Starduster (268) 7 years ago

THANK YOU for at least SEEING the movie THEN commenting on the characters.

Owen Wilson has done so many "off beat" parts, that I guess people dont want to take him seriously. However I think that he gave the movie a needed lightheartedness, for something that could easily have become too heavy and weighted down.
I happen to like Owen Wilson in the right part, and it was good to see him in something more serious for a change.
I had no issues with ANY of the cast.

[–] Starduster (268) 7 years ago

Why dont you go see it and THEN report on what you think?
I haven't read the book but the movie has inspired me to read it. A good movie does that!