Paramount Pictures is pleased to release a brand new trailer and poster of the forthcoming Men, Women & Children from acclaimed director, Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air) starring Ansel Elgort, Jennifer Garner, Adam Sandler and Emma Thompson.
Men, Women & Children follows
the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they
attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their
relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love
lives. The film attempts to stare down social issues such as video game
culture, anorexia, infidelity, fame hunting, and the proliferation of
illicit material on the Internet. As each character and each
relationship is tested, we are shown the variety of roads people choose -
some tragic, some hopeful - as it becomes clear that no one is immune
to this enormous social change that has come through our phones, our
tablets, and our computers.
In the trailer we get to meet Tim (Elgort) and Brandy (Kaitlyn Dever) two individuals who find each other at high school, yet the path of true love does not run smooth as Brandy's mother (Garner) deliberately watches all of her daughter's interactive activity through her phone and the internet. Is her mother living vicariously through her daughter, or protecting her as best she can in a dangerous world or can this be prescribed as over-parenting to the nth degree? Following on from the box office success of The Fault in our Stars, there is a potential for another box office hit with the right balance of humour, affection and another bedside hospital visit foreboding.
The film has the usual sheen associated with Reitman's work which took a slight dramatic detour with Labor Day last year, yet this return to an ensemble piece (such as his under-rated Thank You for Smoking) could well harken back to his work with Juno, where his chops of garnering good teenage performances can be expected. Based on the novel by Chad Kultgen, Reitman wrote the screenplay with Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary, Fur)
A link to the trailer is available here
The film is scheduled for release in UK cinemas on December 5th
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