Watch Prince Avalanche For Free

I wanted to but couldn't!

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Absolutely Fantastic

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

David Gordon Green is a very round filmmaker, making comedies and indie-hits. "Prince Avalanche" is a unique film in which we see Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch play two road workers who spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind. Green not only enthralls us into the emotions of these two characters but he immerses us into their jobs. These men play characters who barely live outside their isolation. David Gordon Green's direction is a spectacular bond between the details of nature outside and indie humans. He shows gorgeous natural elements including trees, animals, fire, rain etc. mixed with all different kinds of emotions from Rudd and Hirsch. Green is trying to examine the way humans interact and how everyone is similar to each other in some way no matter how different they may seem. This fits due to the different personalities between the two men focused on. With only four people in this film, Green doesn't really have a plot. Instead, he focuses on fusing the personalities of his lead characters to subtlety creep up on you. The friendship between Rudd and Hirsch is a natural relationship that we fall in love with. Their friendship and lifestyles rule the energy and emotions "Prince Avalanche" possess. With creative long shots, gorgeous music to carry each shot, intelligent humor, and an emotionally-fueled friendship to drive the soul, "Prince Avalanche" works on every level. Paul Rudd shows signs of a serious actor while Emile Hirsch is harder to grasp to. He's annoying in many scenes. There's so many different emotions going on to drive you like a whirlpool that almost all of humanity's traits are shown. Green's simple plot is carried by his smart writing and gorgeous directing that overthrow the absurd climax and give you and rich story that examines human nature and creates a new type of film. This is extraordinary work.

This movie had beautiful cinematography and great actors. That's where my enjoyment for the movie ended. It is excruciatingly slow paced. It also has a mediocre script. But the actors are awesome, as always. At one point we accidentally paused the movie and didn't realize that the movie was paused for a solid 2 or three minutes. That's a great example of how slow the movie is. It does, however, have some of the best shots I have ever seen on a screen. It is captivating and pretty, but lacks in meaning and real content. I do not fully regret watching it but it was a very painful process to finish it in the hopes that at some point the movie would pick up.

"Prince Avalanche" is a great cinema experience for just about everyone. It begins as the ultimate road movie (literally, a pair of mismatched Texans spend their summer painting roads) but quickly takes a detour into a world of visual poetry, provocative characterizations and deep introspection. And all the while it manages to maintain a sense of brainless comedy that the storyline & DVD cover might lead us to expect.In spite of its grand visual setting in the majesty & desolation of fire-ravaged Texas, this is a very minimalistic production with just 2 main characters, 2 supporting characters and 10 or 20 miles of desolate Texas roads in the aftermath of the 1987 wildfires (it was actually filmed at the site of the 2012 Batstrop County fire). Being set in the 80s adds to the comedy & charm of this quirky flick. Be prepared to see Paul Rudd sporting a very "Magmum P.I." moustache and white tube socks with those 3 funky colored stripes at the top.There aren't a lot of big gags but instead the humor comes from the low-key bizarre dialogues between our 2 leads, "Alvin" (Paul Rudd) who is the self appointed leader because he's the self-proclaimed smarter of the two, and "Lance" (Emile Hirsch) who isn't the brightest doorknob. The laughs hinge on the weirdness of their discussions much like the hilariously strange banter between John Travolta & Samuel L. Jackson in "Pulp Fiction".In all, "Prince Avalanche" is an excellent show of what the French philosophers might call "La Comedy Humaine" with its poignant look at human nature. And at the same time the movie isn't so heady that it's above an occasional brainless laugh, like having the two fight & chase each other through the forest with axes.I wanted to mention 2 trivial tidbits in case you're interested in stuff like this: (1) The filmmakers note that no animals were harmed, so the occasional scenes of roadkill, fishing and what looked like a small skinned monkey for dinner were apparently props (this is good to know as a lot of indie films slip under the AHA radar and use real animals to save money on special effects), and (2) the excellent performance by supporting actress Joyce Payne (the woman in the ruins) was actually an unscripted addition to the film when they met Joyce, an actual ex-resident, while filming. As you will see, her character becomes pivotal to the story & meaning of the film, reminding us that great moments in cinema do often happen by accident."Prince Avalanche" is rated R which surprised me since there is no nudity, not much profanity and no violence. There are 1 or 2 dialogues about sexual situations which might get a bit racy for the kiddies, but other than that, this is a tame film. I highly recommend it to fans of Jim Jarmusch ("Down By Law", "Coffee & Cigarettes") and Wim Wenders ("Million Dollar Hotel", "Lisbon Story", "Alice in the Cities").

"Prince Avalanche" is the story of two men and is the classic comedy of differences. Alvin (Paul Rudd) is in his late thirties and has such trouble connecting with other people that he doesn't even realize his marriage is in trouble as he prefers to spend time alone. Lance (Emile Hirsch) is in his early twenties and he is desperate for female companionship, or just presence of females, as he is way too into himself to understand true companionship.Lance is also in need of a job and is paired with his brother-in-law, Alvin, to repaint highway lines in Texas following a devastating storm in 1988. The entire film is essentially just a conversation between the two men, and it's great. The dialogue is hilarious and Rudd and Hirsch have a very natural chemistry as the lines seem to have been written for them.The comedy arises from the completely opposite life views that the two men share and how both are completely oblivious to their own flaws and they're also oblivious to their own failings with women. Rudd's Alvin has many smart, philosophical things to say and Hirsch's Lance is just so lacking of anything resembling smarts that he can't even point out Alvin's failings which should be obvious to everyone. Alvin has no problem pointing out Lance's failings but then there's the whole thing about people in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones.The film has a magnificent simplistic setting in the woods in rural Texas, with wonderfully-realized simplistic characters and dialogue that naturally flows through the entire thing. "Prince Avalanche" is the story of how a former Hollywood director has returned to his simple, non-mainstream roots and two great actors found their perfect match.