It seems as if James Franco is in everything these days, working with so many different filmmakers from all over the world (Boyle, Gondry, Gordon Green, Korine, Raimi, Coppola, Haggis, Herzog). (firstshowing.net)
He's not a completely different filmmaker with a budget of only $ 27m — there's still quite an overabundance of CGI — but he has to rely on things like «plot» and «character» a little more than he ever has before. (moviehole.net)
The joy of watching adaptations of Ellis» works is seeing how different filmmakers get at that theme but Jordan fails to do get at anything beyond the surface. (rowthree.com)