Back in the spring, James Franco hit Cannes with «As I Lay Dying,» an experimental drama and adaptation of William Faulkner's book that utilized all kinds of split - screen to surprisingly decent effect, even if the movie as a whole didn't amount to much more than a curiosity. (indiewire.com)
It seems to have potential as decent effects - heavy popcorn entertainment, and the film won't overlap too much with the other titles during the 2013 Winter Holiday frame (except for a little holdover from earlier in the month called The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)-- but, as always, we'll have to wait and see... (csmonitor.com)
Visually, it's not too bad, stretching its modest budget (still the biggest to date for Sony specialty subsidiary Screen Gems) to decent effect on endless caves, open desert, small Western town, and domed Blade Runner - style metropolis alike. (dvdizzy.com)