Brandon Ratcliff

On Wednesday (06/20/07) I saw Me and You and Everyone We Know, an award winning comic film which is very reflective of our times. The basic plot revolves around Christine Jesperson (Miranda July) and Richard Swersey (played by John Hawkes) who acts as a salesman and a father of two boys, and has recently separated from his wife. One thing that struck me was the uncanny facial resemblance this guy has with Ben Kingsley (esp how he looked in Gandhi). Christine is a struggling artist who is trying to get her work recognized in (fickle?) the world of modern art. For her living she runs "Eldercab" - a car rental for elderly people. Apart from this main plot there are subplots involving among others a shoe salesman colleague of Richard who is a single guy on the heavier side and has obviously not been so successful with the female kind. His role involves communicating his hidden fantasies to two teenage girls who are school mates of Richards sons.

 

My pick of the whole cast though is the 7 year old Brandon Ratcliff who plays the role of Richards younger son Robby. Even though I would give in that the character has been given a role which is decidedly too mature and weighty for a 7 year old but Brandon does a remarkable job. In one of the scenes where Robby and Miles (his older brother) are chatting anonymously with a girl on the internet he matter-of-factly gives out the theory of "back and forth".

I lost the rest of this post because of some special symbols I used in the text!! Aaaarghhh!!! Even Google has flaws!!