Good Time Max (2007)

• Year: 2007
• Released: 30 Apr 2007
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 1 nomination
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469913/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_time_max
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• Available in: 720p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Unrated
• Genre: Drama
• Runtime: 79 min
• Writer: Merriwether Williams, James Franco
• Director: James Franco
• Cast: James Franco, Vince Jolivette, Wilmer Calderon
• Keywords: drugs,

	5.9/10
	49% – Critics
	49% – Audience

Good Time Max Storyline

Actor James Franco wrote and directed this independent drama about two siblings who are by turns raised up and brought down by the bonds of family. Max (James Franco) boasts a genius level IQ, and his brother Adam (Matt Bell) is nearly as bright, but while Adam has the common sense and ambition to make something of his gifts, Max’s greatest talent seems to be getting into scrapes and disappointing those around him. Adam has a successful practice as a doctor in New York City, but when Max foolishly tries to swindle some well-connected drug dealers, he has to leave the Big Apple, and somehow persuades his brother to take him to California. On the West Coast, Adam is able to use his medical background to get a lucrative new job, and Max fast talks his way onto the staff of a computer firm. However, Max’s inability to stay on the straight and narrow and face his responsibilities quickly resurfaces, and when he starts using crystal meth, he loses his job. Adam also experiences a stretch of bad luck and loses his job, and as a sense of desperation takes hold, he starts joining Max in his drug fueled excesses, leading both down a road to destruction. “Good Time Max” received its world premiere at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.

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Good Time Max Movie Reviews

Good movie but it’s been done before.

I saw this at the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck, Michigan.

Directed, co-written and starring James Franco, Good Time Max is about two brothers Max and Adam (Franco and Matt Bell) who are geniuses. Adam is training to be a doctor and is very focused on his career. But Max is immature and gets involved with the drug world. After a drug deal goes bad, Max plans to flee New York and go to California. Convincing Adam to go with him, the brothers set out for a new life.

Though the acting is decent, it’s a clichéd movie that has been done many times before. It’s the typical man gets involved with drugs, tries to quit, then somehow finds his way back into them. Don’t worry, I’m not giving away spoilers, because a lot of that happens early in the film.

A worthy effort for James Franco, I can’t imagine it being easy to direct, write, and star in a film, so he made a good attempt. But I wish the story was better, it’s just way too familiar.

His life is just one big party

I found good time max to be a very enjoyable movie. Although it may have been very ominous at times I think there is something very glamorous in this portrayal of self destruction. It was an audacious attempt at the triple threat( write, star in, and direct) which I believe paid off and is worthy of a good review. James Franco plays a genius whos addiction to drugs prevents him from making the most of his abilities and doing something useful with his life. He makes the role of callous, self absorbed drug abuser seem exuberant and his character is oozing with charisma. His older brother is also a genius however it seems his work ethic and outlook on life is somewhat different to max’s. This movie takes us on an adventure involving max’s drug fuelled rampage and everyone else is just along for the ride. I think this movie only touches on one profound question… when does the party end? everything else was just far-fetched and entertaining. If you take this movie for what it is, a great effort at something that has been done one hundred times before, not to be taken too seriously, you will enjoy.

Loving portrait of the effects of drug abuse on a family.

Really the tale of two cocky brothers and their respective falls from grace (via drug addiction) and later redemption. One brother, a self-proclaimed genius played by James Franco is your typical sensitive but intelligent man-child. The other brother is a hard-working future doctor who becomes less judgmental as he himself falls prey to addiction while dealing with the stress of living up to his family’s expectations for both children. Not too heavy handed as drug fables are want to be, and all in all a pretty realistic sketch of the family dynamics that drug problems bring about. I’d recommend it to anyone interested in such character studies and commend James Franco for his efforts in what was obviously a labor of love.