{"id":3916,"date":"2016-10-09T11:40:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T15:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2026-08-19T09:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:45:43","slug":"howl-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3916","title":{"rendered":"Howl-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Howl-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring James Franco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #491<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/untitled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3919\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/untitled-210x300.png\" alt=\"untitled\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/untitled-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/untitled.png 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed October 9, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Howl (2010) is a compelling courtroom drama biopic starring James Franco, who is wonderfully cast.<\/p>\n<p>This role, despite being in a small film with little recognition, cements Franco&#8217;s talents as an edgy actor willing to tackle challenging work rather than stick to mainstream safe fare.<\/p>\n<p>Franco has become one of my favorite young actors. He is so diverse and believable in any role he takes on.<\/p>\n<p>The story follows 1950s poet Allen Ginsberg and his trial to determine whether his poems were art or should be banned as indecent.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the action takes place in the courtroom, and the film wisely mixes animation (in scenes of Ginsberg reading his poetry) with traditional scenes.<\/p>\n<p>The film lets the viewer get to know Ginsberg&#8217;s character. He was troubled (his sexuality, delusions, stints in a mental hospital), for sure, but also had a true, authentic love of writing and poetry, which is inspiring in an age of digital technology.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes good old-fashioned words are the truest art.<\/p>\n<p>Howl (2010) is an interesting little film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howl-2010 Director Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Starring James Franco Scott&#8217;s Review #491 Reviewed October 9, 2016 Grade: B+ Howl (2010) is a compelling courtroom drama biopic starring James Franco, who is wonderfully cast. This role, despite being in a small film with little recognition, cements Franco&#8217;s talents as an edgy actor willing to tackle challenging &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3916\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Howl-2010<\/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":[269,158,11675,192,11668],"tags":[12488,6446,8949,1773,2498,1198,3158,2853,12487,2974,3157,1155],"class_list":["post-3916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2010-movie-reviews","category-bios","category-courtroom","category-dramas","category-san-francisco","tag-aaron-tveit","tag-alessandro-nivola","tag-bob-balaban","tag-david-strathairn","tag-james-franco","tag-jeff-daniels","tag-jeffrey-friedman","tag-jon-hamm","tag-jon-prescott","tag-mary-louise-parker","tag-rob-epstein","tag-treat-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916","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=3916"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24165,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3916\/revisions\/24165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}