Good Time Max
RabbitBandini Productions (2007)
Drama
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#5386
7*
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IMDB   6.3
1 hr 29 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
James Franco Max
Vince Jolivette Bruce
Wilmer Calderon T-Ray
Trip Hope Skeet
Richard Portnow Head Administrator
Jarrod Bunch Doug
Peter Mackenzie Anesthesiologist
Brian Lally Lt. Lally / Philosophical Biker
Charity Shea Big Guy's Girl
Molly Cheek Carol
Mary Payne Teacher
Bailey Hughes Young Max
Tylor Chase Young Adam
Madalyn Lester Receptionist
Ruth Barrie New York nurse
Director
James Franco
Producer Vince Jolivette
Zak Knutson
Writer James Franco
Merriwether Williams
Cinematography David Klein


Actor James Franco wrote and directed this independent drama about two siblings who are by turns raised up and brought down by the bonds of family. Max (James Franco) boasts a genius level IQ, and his brother Adam (Matt Bell) is nearly as bright, but while Adam has the common sense and ambition to make something of his gifts, Max's greatest talent seems to be getting into scrapes and disappointing those around him. Adam has a successful practice as a doctor in New York City, but when Max foolishly tries to swindle some well-connected drug dealers, he has to leave the Big Apple, and somehow persuades his brother to take him to California. On the West Coast, Adam is able to use his medical background to get a lucrative new job, and Max fast talks his way onto the staff of a computer firm. However, Max's inability to stay on the straight and narrow and face his responsibilities quickly resurfaces, and when he starts using crystal meth, he loses his job. Adam also experiences a stretch of bad luck and loses his job, and as a sense of desperation takes hold, he starts joining Max in his drug fueled excesses, leading both down a road to destruction. "Good Time Max" received its world premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
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