**1/2 - “Hollywoodland” tells the story of the mysterious death – which is officially recognized as a suicide - of actor George Reeves, who is best remembered as Superman from the horrendous 1950’s live-action serials. Scenes of a private investigator (Adrien Brody) looking into details of the death and coming up with potential scenarios involving murder, accidents and intrigue are interspersed with flashback scenes from Reeves’ personal and professional lives prior to his passing. The acting is solid and the film is nicely shot, but ends up being fairly boring and slow moving. Many potential situations are explored with no one of them given more weight than any other, which is a refreshing attribute often absent from most of today’s heavily biased biopics. The movie seemed to focus on Brody’s character a little too much, and while it was acted well, the character at its core was a very unlikable Brooklyn-accented mook.
Hollywoodland
**1/2 - “Hollywoodland” tells the story of the mysterious death – which is officially recognized as a suicide - of actor George Reeves, who is best remembered as Superman from the horrendous 1950’s live-action serials. Scenes of a private investigator (Adrien Brody) looking into details of the death and coming up with potential scenarios involving murder, accidents and intrigue are interspersed with flashback scenes from Reeves’ personal and professional lives prior to his passing. The acting is solid and the film is nicely shot, but ends up being fairly boring and slow moving. Many potential situations are explored with no one of them given more weight than any other, which is a refreshing attribute often absent from most of today’s heavily biased biopics. The movie seemed to focus on Brody’s character a little too much, and while it was acted well, the character at its core was a very unlikable Brooklyn-accented mook.
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