Conventional but heart-felt and intelligent

Rating: 8/10 (5 December 2011)

Robin Williams gives his best performance since George Roy Hill's The World According to Garp film adaptation. This film is no parody of Irving's masterpiece but it is a parody nevertheless. I appreciate anything that takes on such an insightful topic such as poetry or literature however. That is the intelligent aspect that gives Weir's film the power it possesses. Williams is outstanding and is given a talented cast of young actors to work alongside. What I really enjoyed was the Beatnik style of the script, which provides a great reflection on teenage counterculture which reminded me gladly of the preachings and work of Allen Ginsberg.