This has to be one of the most interesting and unusual plot lines for a movie that centers around a teenage lead star. A boyish looking mid teen Ryan Reynolds stars as Geoffrey/Ganesh, an American boy raised in India by his quirky father who led protests in India and lived amongst the poor as an Indian.
Geoffrey is sent to a small town in Ontario to live with his aunt after the death of his father. Geoffrey is used to warm weather, loose fitting Indian clothes, the simple 3rd world lifestyle and Indian culture such as eating with his hands, yoga and Hindu religious practices all of which are radically different from cold, small town Canada. Geoffrey exudes innocent naive charm and navigates the North American teen world rather amusingly with a typical Indian accent. To have a tallish blond tanned white kid dressing and acting like an Indian makes not only for an unusual plot line but for understandable ribbing In the story line.
The movie devolves into a small person versus big corporation moral fight but with a Hindu twist as Geoffrey leads a Gandhi style passive resistance sitting on the porch of his aunt's home shirtless in Indian garb in a manner of Hindu prayer to defend them from demolition and destruction.
This part of the movie is a bit cliched and predictable hence me only giving it a 6 BUT the unusual plot line makes for some intriguing adjustments for Geoffrey that Reynolds does a pretty job at. This was only Reynolds second acting gig and he makes the white boy Indian blend work surprisingly well even down to him some pretty tricky yoga exercises that can't have been easy for a 15 year old boy to do.
Geoffrey is sent to a small town in Ontario to live with his aunt after the death of his father. Geoffrey is used to warm weather, loose fitting Indian clothes, the simple 3rd world lifestyle and Indian culture such as eating with his hands, yoga and Hindu religious practices all of which are radically different from cold, small town Canada. Geoffrey exudes innocent naive charm and navigates the North American teen world rather amusingly with a typical Indian accent. To have a tallish blond tanned white kid dressing and acting like an Indian makes not only for an unusual plot line but for understandable ribbing In the story line.
The movie devolves into a small person versus big corporation moral fight but with a Hindu twist as Geoffrey leads a Gandhi style passive resistance sitting on the porch of his aunt's home shirtless in Indian garb in a manner of Hindu prayer to defend them from demolition and destruction.
This part of the movie is a bit cliched and predictable hence me only giving it a 6 BUT the unusual plot line makes for some intriguing adjustments for Geoffrey that Reynolds does a pretty job at. This was only Reynolds second acting gig and he makes the white boy Indian blend work surprisingly well even down to him some pretty tricky yoga exercises that can't have been easy for a 15 year old boy to do.