{"id":3477,"date":"2016-06-21T16:55:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T20:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2024-04-12T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:25:46","slug":"the-paperboy-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3477","title":{"rendered":"The Paperboy-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Paperboy-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Lee Daniels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott\u2019s Review #427<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70242546.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3478\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70242546-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70242546\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70242546-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70242546.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 21, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Paperboy (2012) is an exceptional piece of filmmaking by modern acclaimed director, Lee Daniels (Precious-2008, The Butler-2010), who has become one of my favorite directors in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>His latest film is raw, violent, containing elements of black comedy, and is arguably Nicole Kidman&#8217;s and John Cusack&#8217;s best performances.<\/p>\n<p>They both play troubled, insecure characters, who have major issues.<\/p>\n<p>It is set in the Deep South during the 1960s and has film noir leanings. The film is incredibly tough to classify, but the drama will cover it just fine.<\/p>\n<p>Racism, homosexuality, and deceit are subject matters covered in this complex yet fascinating experience.<\/p>\n<p>Gritty and disturbing at times, The Paperboy (2012) is an important film that fans of true artistic cinema must see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Paperboy-2012 Director Lee Daniels Starring Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman Scott\u2019s Review #427 Reviewed June 21, 2016 Grade: A- The Paperboy (2012) is an exceptional piece of filmmaking by modern acclaimed director, Lee Daniels (Precious-2008, The Butler-2010), who has become one of my favorite directors in recent years. His latest film is raw, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3477\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Paperboy-2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,225,4140,192,1275,2826,3560,2126,1820,1724],"tags":[75,226,4144,193,1278,2834,3561,2128,1728,2588],"class_list":["post-3477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-crime-dramas","category-david-oyelowo","category-dramas","category-john-cusack","category-lee-daniels","category-macy-gray","category-matthew-mcconaughey","category-nicole-kidman","category-scott-glenn","tag-2012-movie-reviews","tag-crime-dramas","tag-david-oyelowo","tag-dramas-2","tag-john-cusack","tag-lee-daniels","tag-macy-gray","tag-matthew-mcconaughey","tag-scott-glenn","tag-zac-efron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3477"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19959,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3477\/revisions\/19959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}