Night Listener

Robin Williams gives an amazing performance in this surprisingly good film. The premise for this movie, while it is another "based on a true story" flick, is intriguing. And I like the fact that I went to IMDB.com and saw some prude bloviating about how that disturbing sex scene in the moving is filthing the young minds of America.

Rory Culkin plays a kid in this movie who has lived a disturbing childhood and he writes a book that Robin Williams' character reads. Robin does a radio show where he reads stories and the kid has listened for most of his life. The kid's mother is Donna and she is rather creepy in the movie. But the catch is you never see the mother and the kid or the kid and the mother. And if by now you are confused, understand there is no easy way to explain this movie. It' just a sweet short 79 minute film that has a great independent touch to it.

7/10