10,000 Saints (2015)

10,000 SAINTS  (2015)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
    Asa Butterfield, Ethan Hawke, Hailee Steinfeld, 
    Emily Mortimer, Julianne Nicholson, Avan Jogia
Here are a few things I took away from "10,000 Saints". Asa Butterfield, at this early stage in his career, looks a lot like a young Bud Cort. Ethan Hawke has become the go-to guy to play charming, irresponsible fathers. And huffing Freon any time, but especially on a cold night in the middle of winter, is a real bad idea. The movie starts out with a couple of teenaged boys (Butterfield and Avan Jogia) kicking around a small town, hanging out and getting high. Then a couple of bad things happen, involving the Freon and an unintended pregnancy, and overnight everything changes and it's time to start to grow up, real fast. Hailee Steinfeld (from "True Grit) plays the pregnant girl. Julianne Nicholson (the "good sister" in "August: Osage County") plays Butterfield's mom. Emily Mortimer (the flower girl in "Hugo") plays Hawke's girlfriend. There's nothing really new going on here, but a cast like that can keep you in the game. Butterfield, who played the lead in "Hugo" at 13, is definitely a young actor to watch. And if anybody out there plans to remake "Brewster McCloud" or "Harold and Maude", you might want to move on that while Asa still looks like a young Bud Cort.