Powell and director Richard Linklater co-wrote the script based on Skip Hollandsworth’s 2001 article in Texas Monthly (read it here if you like—sorry about the popups). In the end credits they admit to taking a few liberties with the truth.
I'm streaming Graham Reynolds' snappy soundtrack on Apple Music as I write.
Retta was last blogged for Good Boys (we love her TV work, from Parks and Recreation to The Ugliest House in America), Linklater for Apollo 10½: a Space Age Childhood, and Reynolds for Where’d You Go, Bernadette? I have seen Powell in several other projects, including The Dark Knight Rises, Hidden Figures, and the aforementioned Apollo 10½. Arjuna is new to me.
Rotten Tomatoes critics and audiences are taking aim with averages of 95 and 91%. We watched it on Netflix June 13.
