Ashby (2015)

One of those second-string Hollywood efforts of the "artiste' vein where the writer and director are one and the same.

Sometime these things take wings and fly (look at THE BIG SHORT where McKay also does double duty) and sometimes they end up in the dustbin of history as merely an interesting effort Not for want of trying. The supporting cast practically picks this film up and carries it on their backs. Rourke is as far from THE WRESTLER as the earth is from the moon, he looks and acts like his own grandfather. Roberts is given very little dialog but presents her character well. Silverman steals every scene she is in, with perfect timing and a twinkle.

But you have to choose, get a copy of St. Vincent.

Fmovies: A bit of a lame and over sentimental story with no memorable moments. Definitely for the younger viewer. Rourke puts in reasonable performance given the poor script and good to see him again.

I emphatically believe, no!, I sincerely believe THIS is ironically the best movie "Mickey" has ever been in. It was well acted, well written, well done. I am so, SO, connected with the characters. ALL of them, believe it or not, and I can only hope that you, yes, you, reading this review, view the movie alone. Why? Because then you will get to keep the secret, the feelings, the emotions, that this movie will draw right out of you; but only if you're truly true,,,,,, true to yourself. I wish more movies were written this way. This one, well, it does everything worth living for, the Justice it deserves.

5 OUT OF 5! 10 OUT OF 10!

Ashby fmovies. This movie is not for the faint hearted, it touches on issues that many people refuse to accept.

An old school movie directed & made for people who are intellectually minded. If you are a dullard don't waste your time or money, this Movie is not for you. This applies to all Reality TV imbeciles.

This movie deserves more recognition, acknowledgements & awards...!

Mickey Rourke is down to earth and delivers a message that Packs a Punch...!

Plenty of American Gridiron Balls in this Movie...!

I can't wait for the DVD...!

Evil prevails when good men do Nothing...!

It's a wonderful cast and not a bad production either, so I enjoyed the watch, but did not like the film much. The reason is I had seen a few similar flicks which are much better than this in every way. A school kid and his single parents' struggling relationship and their strange neighbour, so it is the concept I'm familiar with, but the story was a bit different. There are a few good scenes in it, but the most of the parts were dominated by the only the nice events like happily ever after kind of stuffs right from the beginning.

The title role was played by Mickey Rourke, but it was Nat Wolff's film. The narration should have been much better, I mean it should have had more complicated segments. I even don't know how it got the R rating. The writing and the direction, both should have been a bit bolder. There are some people who liked it a lot and defending it, but I'm neutral. To me it was 50-50, I neither liked nor disliked. But all I wanted was a bit better than this, so I can't judge it for other. I hope you make a right decision on this if you plan to watch it.

5/10

I liked it, I consider it a good movie. It's different than other movies and at the end of the movie I felt I had received a good message. I think the story is good without clichés and everybody performance was focused. It was good to see beautiful Emma Roberts and also Mickey Rourke.

I like since the beginning it made me laugh with a the bj scene, and also I think it was really good it didn't take the way of typical movies, there were like 5 different scenarios in which the movies could take direction but it didn't, that helped to make this movie a good and different movie without the typical options, I consider that it has more realism than other movies.

Thanks