Other than that, though, you probably don’t know much, with A24 keeping the sensitively crafted film under wraps even as its theatrical release nears. You’ve probably heard a great deal about Brendan Fraser’s transformative performance in The Whale, the latest drama from Oscar kingmaker Darren Aronofsky-the Hollywood icon is riding a deserved comeback wave for his turn as an English teacher living with severe obesity, and on the verge of death. With stellar supporting performances from Jeremy Strong, Anne Hathaway, and Anthony Hopkins, it's as challenging as any film Gray has made in the past, but with an awards campaign behind it that Focus Features is hoping will help it go far. Much more than just a coming-of-age story, it's a stark look at the very specific circumstances of a Jewish family in the 1980s, what they sacrificed to get where they were, and what they are willing to do to keep what they see as a precarious position. “They have the right to do that, they have the right to say that, but it hurts.” Set in 1980 in Queens, the film follows a young boy names Paul ( Banks Repeta) who is very much like Gray, an aspiring artist who bristles against his family's expectations and whose friendship with a Black classmate ( Jaylin Webb) leads to devastating consequences. If someone says, ‘I hated that movie,’ it means they hate part of me,” he said on Little Gold Men.
Director James Gray makes no bones about how personal his new movie is - "If someone loves the movie, great.
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