Me and Orson Wells

 

What Jack Says...

This is the story of a teenager that is cast in Orson Wells' production of Julius Caesar in 1937. It is the classic story of being in the right place at the right time.

I was super psyched when I saw that this movie was streamable on Netflix because I love all things Zac Efron. The cast was pretty good and I do love me some Clair Danes. I was a tad disappointed in their selection for Orson Wells. They cast Christian McKay and I would have liked to have seen them cast Michael Gladis from the first few seasons of Mad Men. I'm dying to see him play Orson Wells because he would just be perfect. I completely forgot that Liev Shriber played Orson Wells in RKO 281. Man he was good in that and that was a fantastic movie, but back to this movie.

This movie wasn't really all that grand. Claire Danes plays a little bit of a "C" word. She isn't incredibly likable and she's a little cold. I like her in likable rolls better.

There is this one amazing disappointing scene where her and Zac are implying that they are going to sleep together for the first time. She throws him a robe and you totally think he's going to at least take his shirt off. Nope! she come out and kisses him and the imply that they are going to go to the bedroom and then the scene is over. What is up with that? In the wise words of Hari I am so over all this close but no cigar shit. I mean seriously, how PG can you get. It's frustrating. 

Alright, so if you are going by my prerequisites for hot guys in movies this one met most of them:

1. Zac doesn't take his shirt off, but he does get wet in a white shirt. That's passable.

2. Zac cries.

3. He wears a suit.

4. BONUS: He sings. 

If Zac would have just gotten naked this would have been the best movie ever, but since he didn't I will have to lower my grade substantially. As in all Zac Efron movies so far I believe that this movie wasn't that great, but he was great in it. 

 

I give it a 6.