Leaves of Grass

"Leaves of Grass" at its core is a coming home movie like many others. Typically, coming home movies are about city folks coming back home to the country. Initially, they experience all the things that made them flee to begin with, then they are reminded of all the things they love.

In this film Billy Kincaid (Edward Norton) was a philosophy professor in Boston while his twin brother Brady was a marijuana grower in Little Dixie, Oklahoma. Brady was in hot water with Pug Rothbaum (Richard Dreyfuss), a Jewish loan shark. Brady had a plan to get out of his predicament, but it involved his brother Billy.

"Leaves of Grass" had plenty of known names and faces. Besides the two actors I already mentioned there was Susan Sarandon, Tim Blake Nelson (who wrote, acted, and directed), Pruitt Taylor Vince (known for "Identity"), and Josh Pais. The movie was humorous and a little surprising--in a good way. It wasn't as predictable as I thought it would be and that's probably one of the highest compliments you can give to a movie.