Captain Fantastic

[Gardenarian]

I think this film deserves it's own thread, having to do with the conflicts involved in a life of extreme simplicity and self-sufficiency.

The story is about a family raising their kids in the wilderness, and what happens when the mother becomes critically ill. I thought it was a fascinating film - I have known homeschoolers who lived close to this kind of life, and it used to be kind of a dream of mine.

Has anyone else seen it? Viggo Mortensen is excellent, and the child actors all superb (though the movie is not without flaws.) I highly recommend it!

[ToomuchStuff]

I just went off to read what it was about via the IMDB site. I didn't get that, from the one commercial I saw (think it was on Youtube). It sounded like a movie about a custody case, of the grandparents suing the parent.
That commercial turned me off of it, after just having a conversation with a friend, who lost their daughter a few years ago, and her husband, moved away and has never let the grandparents see their grandkid since she was two. (he remarried and moved closer to his current wife)

[Gardenarian]

The trailer doesn't do justice to the movie. The custody thing is really very minor - it's the differences in values that are key.

It made me think about parenting, how we bring up our children within our own dreams.

[catherine]

I saw the trailer and based on it, I would love to see the movie.