April 28, 2011
Sympathy for Delicious
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2011 A wheelchair-bound club scratcher and skid-row denizen street-named Delicious D (Christopher Thornton) discovers one day that he can heal the sick by the laying on of hands. Naturally he blows off the soup-kitchen priest (Mark Ruffalo) who wants to use his gift for the church and instead joins […]
By Metropolis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2011
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A wheelchair-bound club scratcher and skid-row denizen street-named Delicious D (Christopher Thornton) discovers one day that he can heal the sick by the laying on of hands. Naturally he blows off the soup-kitchen priest (Mark Ruffalo) who wants to use his gift for the church and instead joins an evil punk-rock band named “Healapalooza” (really) that includes the ludicrously overacting Orlando Bloom and Juliette Lewis. Unintentionally hilarious moments abound. This well-intended but poorly executed film is Ruffalo’s directorial debut. Don’t quit your day job just yet, Mark, you’re pretty good at it.
