Ben Stiller's new family comedy stars four siblings around whom director David Gordon Green built a movie after getting to know them on their Ohio farm.
that opened the Toronto International Film Festival Thursday, he didn't have to search to find his four key child actors. Central to the story, the kids play the unruly brothers who torment their Uncle Michael, Stiller's real estate developer character, who is charged with figuring out their care after the death of their parents.
"After making a few movies as a collaborator of hers, she went back to the farm, fifth-generation farm in Ohio, and had four beautiful sons," Green says in a phone interview the morning after the premiere."As we kept up and they grew up I was always blown away by their charisma and charm, and every time I'd go over there and hang out I just felt there's a movie here if we just bring a camera next time.
Ultimately, as one might expect from a heartwarming comedy of this ilk, Michael develops a sweet relationship with the boys who are also unexpectedly talented. Their on-screen mother was a ballet teacher and they are all wonderful dancers. The movie culminates in their version ofWhen Williams told her sons that their family friend Green wanted to make a movie with them, they were “super excited,” Homer says.
The movie was really shot at the Janson family farm, and all the animals—except for the snake the kids put in the toilet to scare Michael—actually belong to them.
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