Frey’s book was gripping for its gross-out descriptions of a body whipsawing between detox and extreme tox, as the protagonist and his rehab girlfriend swing wildly on the pendulum of relapse and sobriety. However, there was something strangely profound in all of that desperation and gore. But the Taylor-Johnsons keep their film adaptation fairly tame, save for an opening sequence of crack-induced bum-baring mayhem, and a brutal, whiskey-reeking plane trip. Yet nothing on screen is as electrifying or surprising as it was on the page, as semi-fictionally enhanced as the writing was. ‘A Million Little Pieces’ Rating: R, for drug material, language throughout, some graphic nudity and sexual contentRunning time: 1 hour, 53 minutesPlaying: Arclight Sherman Oaks

Source: Los Angeles Times December 05, 2019 17:48 UTC