A LONG WAY OFF is a modern retelling of the prodigal son parable. (I don't know if that is the official name of that parable; it seems, like the book of Luke, to be instead the 'self-righteous older son parable').
This is by Word Films and Prodigal Productions. Unfortunately I have gone 30 mins into it and won't bother with the rest. Characters are thin, there is motion on the set but not emotion, and it is just a bit too afraid of actually saying anything. Back to that self-righteous older brother theme? Well, in this one, he's got a worthy point and it looks as if the prodigal will have to come back to it. Let's see: is that how Lk 15 goes?
At one point, I got the hint that the grounding family in it was conservative Jewish, and then following 'the Real Kosher Jesus' but these are not completely clear.
I'm seriously wondering if Netflix brought it onboard because of the surreality of it.
This is by Word Films and Prodigal Productions. Unfortunately I have gone 30 mins into it and won't bother with the rest. Characters are thin, there is motion on the set but not emotion, and it is just a bit too afraid of actually saying anything. Back to that self-righteous older brother theme? Well, in this one, he's got a worthy point and it looks as if the prodigal will have to come back to it. Let's see: is that how Lk 15 goes?
At one point, I got the hint that the grounding family in it was conservative Jewish, and then following 'the Real Kosher Jesus' but these are not completely clear.
I'm seriously wondering if Netflix brought it onboard because of the surreality of it.
