Director Sean Penn returns to the Cannes Film Festival today in the official competition with the first film he has ever directed in which he also stars. Flag Day actually is a solid and worthwhile…
director. But first and foremost, it will be remembered as a dazzling showcase for the acting talents of his daughter,Flim-Flam Man: The True Story of My Father’s Counterfeit LifeDylan plays Jennifer as the film becomes a story of a unique bond between a daughter and a messed-up but charismatic father, who spent years in prison for a bank robbery, was a grand schemer and dreamer, and who became the most notorious counterfeiter in US history, single handedly faking over $20 million.
Yet Jennifer was infatuated with him, as we see from a very young age, always willing to follow him on what she saw as great life adventures.
Yet as she lands a small job with a local paper, we see her own growth as a young woman climbing out of darkness. The real Jennifer Vogel rose above her own nearly-destroyed life and became a role model, and she is played to perfection by a revelatory performance from Dylan Penn, who reveals several layers of depth and becomes the real heart and soul of this film.
Two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz is fine as Patty’s second husband, and Eddie Marsan is welcome in a small role, too. As a director, Penn knows how to cast, that’s for sure, and this is one case for keeping it in the family that really pays off.
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