Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot

Within the early ’70s, hard-drinking, already-embittered Portlander John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix) was solely 21 when a booze-fueled automotive accident left him a quadriplegic. His chosen path to recuperate from the bottle and reclaim his life-as a cartoonist whose wildly darkish and incorrect gags gained him nationwide notoriety-is tellingly recounted in Gus Van Sant’s compelling, seriocomic biopic; Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Carrie Brownstein, Beth Ditto, Udo Kier additionally star. 113 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.