Being Flynn 2012

     An adaptation of a memoir by Nick Flynn, Another Bull.... Night in S... City.  Nick grew up without his father, his mother Jody tried very hard.  She working two jobs to keep them going.  His father was a writer, always working on the next best seller novel but passing bad checks and going to jail along the way.  Nick wants to be a writer but he doesn't want to be like his father in any way shape or form.  He begins a job at an inner-city homeless shelter as a change of pace from having no job. 
     Maybe the novel is good but this is a waste of time for everyone involved!  I don't know who decided this would make a good movie requiring the talents of talented people?  It's just slogging to watch and get through with not much hope of it getting better along the way?  The only tiny redeeming value is that it does show the physical and mental struggle of being homeless.  2* (I didn't like this movie)

102 min, Drama directed by Paul Weitz with Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Julianne Moore, Olivia Thirlby, Eddie Rouse Jr., Steve Cirbus, Lili Taylor, Victor Rasuk, Liam Broggy.

Note:  Blockbuster 2*, imdb 6.5 out of 10, 54% critic 46% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.