Going All the Way

Going All the Way

The Dan Wakefield novel upon which this film was based has been hailed by critics as another Catcher in the Rye, but you wouldn't know that from this unenlightening adaptation. Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan) plays a superneurotic, Korean War veteran who develops an unlikely friendship with another, Neal Cassady-like vet (Ben Affleck) as well as a taste in art, New York City, and college girls. The trouble with the film is that it refuses to yield important information about its central figure. Davies's character has some kind of undefined problem with his mother, religion, ambition, masturbation, and much else, but without access to his internal dialogue, we only see him as a twitchy insect for whom regular sex with a beautiful girlfriend inexplicably does nothing for his ego. Don't blame Davies: he does this nerve-damaged bit all the time, and in the hands of a good director his performances are controlled and economical (see Spanking the Monkey). However, his director on Going All the Way--Mark Pellington--has no idea of how to shape the actor's abilities. --Tom Keogh

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Gramercy Pictures
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
R
Year:
1997
103
701 Views

Share your thoughts on Going All the Way's quotes with the community:

0 Comments

    Quote of the Day Today's Quote | Archive

    Would you like us to send you a FREE inspiring quote delivered to your inbox daily?

    Please enter your email address:

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this movie page to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Going All the Way Quotes." Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quotes.net/movies/going_all_the_way_quotes_4595>.

    Know another quote from Going All the Way?

    Don't let people miss on a great quote from the "Going All the Way" movie - add it here!

    Quiz

    Are you a quotes master?

    »
    In which movie did this phrase get tattooed on someone back: "I never wish to be parted from you from this day on"?
    A The Ultimate Life
    B Memento
    C After We Collided
    D Sex and Lucia