TheTorontoFilm Festival kicked off September 5 with a multi-moveopening nightthat included David Gordon Greens family comedyNutcrackersstarring Ben Stiller.

you might see why he couldnt resist this one.

Among the inspirations for director David Gordon Green wereThe Bad News Bears,Six Pack,Uncle BuckandOverboard.

Toronto Film Festival 2024 movie reviews

Clockwise from top left: ‘The Deb,’ ‘Nightbitch,’ ‘Shell’ ‘Saturday Night’ and ‘On Swift Horses’TIFF

You might expect John Hughes was back from the dead, along with this genre.

Its fate rests on the ability of star Jharrel Jerome, in making us root for him and tobelieve.

If we didnt believe these two were destined for each other, the whole souffle would fall.

Mike Flanagan, Tom Hiddleston, Benjamin Pajak, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Mark Hamill pose for a group portrait in front of a white backdrop.

‘The Assessment’TIFF

It doesnt, but the fact Crowley is in charge should guarantee it wont.

And Claes Bang really shows his action movie star bona fides.