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Plot: JESUS' SON is the intense, edgy, often hilarious story of a young man's circuitous journey from drug dependency and petty crime to a life redeemed by this startling discovery of compassion. The story ...( read more read more... )is set in the drug subculture of the 1970's, and it's protagonist -- a young man in his twenties -- careens through his days getting stoned, stealing, or scamming a quick buck. Through it all, he tries to make sense of the mutually destructive passion he shares with a beautiful woman named Michelle. He is also driven by an overwhelming desire to help those around him, so save them from their often-sorry fates, but he repeatedly fails. (He certainly fails with Michelle). Almost by a miracle, redemption does come to him. It sneaks up on him almost imperceptibly, through barely observed lessons learned from a colorful parade of characters who range from a crazed, pill-popping hospital orderly, who takes more drugs than he dispenses; a down-on-his-luck-divorce whose only revenge against misfortune is to destroy the snug suburban home he used to share with his wife; to a half-paralyzed woman he meets in rehab who teaches him about love (and who proves to be a surprisingly nimble dance partner). Whomever he meets and wherever he goes, his attempts to prove his worth are either oddly touching, farcically futile or often both simultaneously. Bit by bit, however, he stumbles towards sobriety and lands a job at an assisted living facility where he discovers the depths of his own compassion for others, and the grace that comes with it. He also begins to write the hospital newsletter, providing him a creative outlet for his earned observations about life, love and loss.

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    MCT:
    February 3, 2008
    Want to see at some point in the future...

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  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    January 19, 2008
    This film was one long strange trip, sometimes disturbing, sometimes funny, often sad journey of a young man in the early 70s trying to shake his drug addiction and find purpose in this world to do so. Not a perfect script, but still good performances by all involved. Nice performance by Billy Crudup and Samantha Morton, Dennis Hopper in one small scene - but a memorable one, and Jack Black in all his Jack Blackness made it all the better. I'm not sure this movie knew which direction it was going, but was still enjoyable strictly on performance alone
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 18, 2008
    one of my personal favourites, highly underrated quirky comedy/drama with great performances from everyone
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    MCT:
    October 13, 2007
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  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 3, 2007
    It's movies like these that make me lose faith in the film seeing public. If there hasn't been a funnier, more honest yet unfairly unseen movie then I'll give everyone on my flixster $12 to go out and rent that film. Billy Crudup who is just as under rated as this film is perfect as the lead charecter known as f*ckhead a man trying to get clean and do the right thing but f*cks up. As well as a scene stealing turn from Denis Leary and another solid turn from Samanatha Morton. Note this isn't for those who love wild hogs but for those who just love terrific charecters. The topics have been done before and better (Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream) But if you can read the book or see the film without rooting for f*ckhead then you're most liking a bigger one then he is.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 28, 2007
    The only junkie movie I have ever loved. Brutal and often absurdly funny, Billy Crudup brings genuine warmth to the appropriately named Fuckhead. For those who only know Crudup from Almost Famous, this is a must-see; he's a brilliant and too often overlooked actor.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 2, 2007
    The story of innocence, with a title stolen from a velvet underground track, Jesus' son captures the story of a young junkie, and his eventual absolution..
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 12, 2007
    A beautiful little movie, largely unseen by the general public. Do yourself a favour, and rent this one!
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 2, 2007
    superb middle of the road story, and goofy too.. goes back to the early roots and good performances of samantha morton and jack black as early as his x files days....
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 12, 2006
    Excellent music score in the soundtrack. Great coming of age flick, of hittin' rock bottom and starting over.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 10, 2006
    Jack Black easily steals his scene, but the entire film maintains a sweetness in a world of drugs and lonliness.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 15, 2006
    I had just finished reading the book during the day, seeing a Catpower show that night, in Toronto. I was in a Coffee Time, falling asleep afterward and I felt infected by the city and its hopelessness.
    I left it behind.

    That's what this movie is about.

    "Fuck Head! Fuck Head! Fuck Head!"

    Jesus' Son adapts, FH moves on.

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Alison Maclean
  • Genres: Drama
  • Released: June 1, 1999
  • DVD Released: September 19, 2000

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