![]() Entertainment One will release A Million Little Pieces in UK cinemas starting August 30th Momentum will release in US theaters sometime this fall. This premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year. The screenplay is written by Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Sam Taylor-Johnson, adapted from James Frey's memoir of the same name. A Million Little Pieces is directed by English filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, director of the films Nowhere Boy and Fifty Shades of Grey previously. As James endures the white-knuckle journey of mending his broken body, he heals his broken soul by connecting with other kindred spirits who also yearn and fight for a better life. After waking up on a plane with a smashed up face and no memory of the past few weeks, he heads to rehab where he discovers much more than detox and therapy. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Sam Taylor-Johnson's A Million Little Pieces, from YouTube:Īn alcoholic and a drug addict, 23 year-old James (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) has two options: treatment or death. It should be a bit better than it really is. It's a solid film about how hard it is to recover from addiction and grow past it, but it's also not a very impressive film in any way. The full cast includes Charlie Hunnam, Billy Bob Thornton, Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, David Dastmalchian, Odessa Young, Dash Mihok, Eugene Byrd, Andy Buckley, and Tom Amandes. ![]() Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays a young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent who submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota. The two of them co-wrote the screenplay, based on James Frey's memoir about his own experiences with drug addiction. I couldn't put it down."You can win this thing!" "I can't." "Yeah you can!" Momentum Pictures + eOne UK have debuted the first official trailer for A Million Little Pieces, an intense addiction drama from husband-wife team: actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and director Sam Taylor-Johnson. The prose is superb' - Daily Express 'James Frey propelled the memoir of dysfunctional life to the top of the bestseller lists' - Daily Telegraph 'Frey's book combined high quality drug porn with memorable characters and a strong narrative arc that describes a modern version of Rake's Progress.' - Druglink Magazine 'The last remarkable book I read. Waterstone's Books Quarterly Crafted from genuine, raw emotion. This is a great book - Waterstone's Books Quarterly This book is a raging, brilliant debut. This is, in essence, a story of redemption and an incredibly moving one. Though definitely not for the faint hearted, Frey is often darkly and self deprecatingly funny. This is not a book about drugs but about their aftermath. a totally absorbing book - The Magistrate Harrowing and unflinching. dark humour and sharp observations are evidence of a keen intelligence and an unusual strength of character. A Million Little Things is an American family drama television series created by DJ Nash for ABC.Produced by ABC Signature and Kapital Entertainment, it features an ensemble cast including David Giuntoli, Grace Park, Romany Malco, Christina Moses, Allison Miller, James Roday Rodriguez, Stéphanie Szostak, Tristan Byon, and Lizzy Greene. ![]() Brilliantly - Scotsman Frey's writing style vividly conveys the horrors of addiction. What redeems this insufferably bad mannered book is that, at the end of the day, Frey can write. ![]() Luckily, he is a good writer - indulgent and uncompromising - Metro Frey is selfish, egocentric, violent and pompous. This unrelenting memoir of his recovery spares no detail. Read this immediately - Gus Van Sant Harrowing, poetic and rather magnificent - FHM James Frey spent ten years addicted to alcohol and crack before going into rehab at the age of 23. It might even be a great one - Independent An extraordinary and deeply moving book that will make you think about family, friendship, love, religion, death and perhaps most of all, the human spirit - Irish Sunday Independent Startling and ultimately breath taking - Kirkus Reviews Horribly honest and funny. As soon as you start reading the book, Frey's voice rings out. There is no question that he's a good writer. inspirational and essential - Bret Easton Ellis This book is definitely going to be huge. And if you don't think so, f*** you - Evening Standard Clear sighted and intellectually honest - Literary Review A heartbreaking memoir. Utterly compulsive - Observer Frey really can write. You can imagine it made epic by Martin Scorsese, the auteur of wayward American maleness in all its extremity. easily the most remarkable non-fiction book about drugs and drug taking since Hunter S Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The good thing about Frey is that he writes as if he needs to I hope his new compulsion thrives - William Leith, Spectator James Frey's utterly mesmerising account. The forthcoming film will almost certainly be a cult hit. Frey's storytelling feels compulsive, involuntary.
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