At the start of “Drunkboat,” Mort Gleason (John Malkovich) is abandoned at the bottom of a bottle, reduced to a near-catatonic stupor. He’s a forty-something drunken layabout who’ll either be seen ...

Inspired by Arthur Rimbaud’s despairing poem, “The Drunken Boat,” this enigmatic coming-of-age movie often seems destined to sail off the deep end. Yet it rights itself just often enough to keep you ...

Decked out with an auspicious cast — John Malkovich, John Goodman, Dana Delany — 'Drunkboat' is a slight and cloyingly upbeat domestic drama. By Duane Byrge Decked out with an auspicious cast — John ...

If David Mamet tried writing a film for teenagers, it might come out something like “Drunkboat.” Many of Mamet’s signatures are here: repetitive conversation that is more about the rhythm than the ...

If “Drunkboat” understands anything, it’s the louche intensity with which John Malkovich commands a frame, whether staring into space with a cigarette or teetering under the influence of Cutty Sark.

It’s a shame when a movie sets two eminently watchable actors afloat without real characters to play. And that’s the case with the odd and not very interesting “Drunkboat.” John Malkovich is Mort, a ...

A Chicago-native filmmaker with any loyalty to hometown crowds should never, ever claim a scene takes place in Detroit while blatantly displaying the exterior of Ukrainian Village’s Rainbo Club and ...

John Malkovich is set to star in Drunkboat, the first feature to be made by Daniel Walker, a Paris-based lawyer who has now moved into production. The film, which is written and directed by polymath ...

Some search for battle, others are born into it ...

After twenty years of broken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew Moo being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The short contact with family brings Mort back to what are left ...