Half Nelson is the Best Film of the Year



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We won't go so far as to call "Half Nelson" the best film of the decade so far, as Kevin Smith did, but it is the best film of the year -- so far. That's why The Corsair was gladdened to hear that it topped Indiewire's bOx Office meter:

"Once again, Sundance buzz has propelled a new American movie to a great debut on the latest indieWIRE Box Office Tracking Report (iBOT) of independent/specialty films, as "Half Nelson" finished first. At the same time, two other films that were highly praised at this year's Sundance Film Festival - "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Quinceanera" - remained in the top ten based on last weekend's business.

"ThinkFilm's 'Half Nelson,' directed by Ryan Fleck and starring Ryan Gosling as an inner-city junior-high teacher with a drug problem, averaged $26,992 from its two Manhattan playdates at the Angelika Film Center and the Lincoln Plaza. The film benefited from extraordinary reviews that singled out Gosling's performance as Oscar-worthy.

"Substituting for the ailing Roger Ebert on the 'Ebert & Roeper' TV show, filmmaker Kevin Smith called it the best film of the decade so far. The film already had finished first in an informal indieWIRE critics' poll of best movies seen at this year's Sundance."

You must see this movie. It is brimming with awesomosity.