'Downtown Owl' review: Don't expect a coherent story
Shot in and around St. Paul, the movie has a lot going for it but falters with the basics.
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Shot in and around St. Paul, the movie has a lot going for it but falters with the basics.
Directed by Ben Stiller and starring Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke, the film "occupies an oversized spot in the cultural memory of a certain era," writes critic Sean Burns. It's back on the big screen as part of the Coolidge Corner Theatre's Cinema Jukebox series.
Based on the 2008 novel by essayist Chuck Klosterman, “Downtown Owl” is set in 1983 in the fictional North Dakota town of Owl.
Co-director Lily Rabe stars as small-town newcomer in disjointed adaptation of Chuck Klosterman novel.
Avoiding life in Milwaukee, Julia Rabia (Lily Rabe), moves to the Reagan-era town of Owl, North Dakota for a temporary high school teaching job.