Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot [Sub: Eng]
John Callahan has a lust for life, a talent for off-color jokes, and a drinking problem. When an all-night bender ends in a catastrophic car accident, the last thing he intends to do is give up drinking. But when he reluctantly enters treatment -with encouragement from his girlfriend (Rooney Mara) and a charismatic sponsor (Jonah Hill) -Callahan discovers a gift for drawing edgy, irreverent newspaper cartoons that develop an international following and grant him a new lease on life. Based on a true story, this poignant, insightful and often funny drama about the healing power of art is adapted from Callahan's autobiography and directed by two-time Oscar (R) nominee Gus Van Sant. Jack Black, Carrie Brownstein, Beth Ditto and Kim Gordon also star.
19 July 1980, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
28 April 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 June 1977, San Francisco, California, USA
September 26, 2018
It is apparent that the film has undergone extensive editing because it feels imbalanced when emphasising Callahan's alcoholism while under-developing and omitting other important facets.
September 21, 2018
The film's main problem is one of excessive length. Intriguing as it is, some judicious pruning would have made it a whole lot better.
July 20, 2018
The film sings with creativity and a feel-good '70s vibe and some fantastic dark humor.
September 10, 2018
The specificity of the character that Hill plays...I don't know where that performance came from...what's interesting and apparent is that there's truth there, something real and his own.
July 19, 2018
Leave it to filmmaker Gus Van Sant to make a film about a hopeless drunk who becomes a quadriplegic into a story that's funny, dark, sad, sweet and even sort of inspirational.
July 20, 2018
Can one wan directing job mute the sheer performance power of Joaquin Phoenix? The answer, of course, is no. Not this time, at least.
July 19, 2018
The film, loosely adapted from Callahan's life, is as divisive as his work, sure to be considered brutally funny by some and brutally insensitive by others.
July 19, 2018
Cartoonist John Callahan is given an appropriately unorthodox remembrance in Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, an off-kilter biopic about an off-kilter guy.
September 26, 2018
Ultimately, the film functions the same way these cartoons do, through exaggeration and metaphor.
August 28, 2018
John Callahan's life becomes one of the most interesting recent portraits of an artist's journey. But the beauty of Van Sant's approach is that he brings it down to earth, because every life is a hard road traveled.
July 26, 2018
Gus Van Sant's biopic about a self-made artist brims with hard-won wisdom and terrific performances from unlikely actors.
September 10, 2018
Instantly recognizable...it does a fine job translating his delectably tasteless and self-deprecating sense of humor.

