Captain Fantastic

Viggo Mortensen Goes Back on the Grid in the ‘Captain Fantastic’ Trailer
Viggo Mortensen Goes Back on the Grid in the ‘Captain Fantastic’ Trailer
Viggo Mortensen Goes Back on the Grid in the ‘Captain Fantastic’ Trailer
Having already won raves at Sundance and secured a slot in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section, Captain Fantastic will arrive this summer with a stellar pedigree. But movies have a funny way of playing a little differently in America’s neighborhood cineplexes than in huge auditoriums in France...
Sundance Review: Viggo Mortensen Is ‘Captain Fantastic’
Sundance Review: Viggo Mortensen Is ‘Captain Fantastic’
Sundance Review: Viggo Mortensen Is ‘Captain Fantastic’
The beginning of writer, director Matt Ross’ ‘Captain Fantastic’ feels like both a naturalistic utopia and a cult of dangerous ideas. Bodevan (George McKay), the eldest of Ben Cash’s (Viggo Mortensen) six children, hides in the woods in camouflage as he waits to attack a deer. After the slaughter, Ben smears the animal’s blood across his son’s face and offers him the heart consume. This is the Cash family’s version of a Bar Mitzvah, Bodevan’s rite of passage into manhood.