Film Review – Jayne Mansfield’s Car

It’s been a little over a decade since Billy Bob Thornton last directed a
feature. That’s a long time between efforts, especially when the
previous movie was 2001’s “Daddy and Them,” a forgotten southern story
that effectively grounded Thornton’s interests in the job after securing
accolades for his helming debut, “Sling Blade.” “Jayne Mansfield’s Car”
plays directly to the lauded actor’s strengths, taking viewers down to
the heart of Alabama to explore the fits and foibles of a dysfunctional
family, leaving room for an able ensemble to bloody their fists some
with a barbed screenplay, with Thornton a permissive leader, hoping to
catch blips of fury and vulnerability as the picture takes a leisurely
stroll down a path of self-destruction. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com