The Many Faces of… Brie Larson

Brie Larson

Brie Larson was born on the first of October 1989 in Sacramento, California. When growing up she moved to Los Angeles together with her mother and sister when her parents divorced. She was homeschooled, but later went to the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco to learn about acting. She started her career on TV doing small roles in To Have & to Hold, Touched by an Angel, Popular and Then Came You. In the series Raising Dad, together with Bob Saget she had a bigger role. She made music and released the album Finally Out of P.E.
She also started appearing in movies and was in 13 Going on 30, Farce of the Penguins and The Babysitter.

Her roles were getting bigger and she stood out in Greenberg and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Other movies she has been in are Rampart, 21 Jump Street, Don Jon, Short Term 12, The Gambler and Trainwreck. Her recent role in Room got her an Oscar. Continue reading

Room (2015) – Review

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Room introduces Joy (Brie Larson) and her five-year-old son Jack (Jacob Tremblay) as a one parent family. They live in a small house, do their morning rituals and spend a lot of time with each other. But not everything is as it seems. Jack’s hair is extremely long, Joy doesn’t seem to take very good care of herself and the space they are living in seems awfully small. You start to wonder why they don’t go outside. When you then find out that these two people are being held in a small room, Joy was kidnapped as a teen and has been abused resulting in Jack, then you know that you are watching something which won’t be easy to sit through. Continue reading

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Those that have read my Youth in Revolt review know that I really had it with Michael Cera. Not because he’s a bad actor, but because he seems to be playing the same character in each movie he does, which is the role of an insecure teenager (although he’s already 22), who’s very clumsy and despite that manages to get with the girl of his dreams. It’s a shame he’s being typecast, because I think he’s capable of playing different roles. Does Scott Pilgrim vs. the World give Cera the opportunity to show another side of his range as an actor? Yes and no. Continue reading