Andrew Garfield film that caused people to walk out of the theatre is available in the UK
dailystar.co.ukHollywood star Andrew Garfield's latest film Mainstream is now available to watch in the UK.Although when the flick aired at the Venice Film Festival in 2020, viewers were less than impressed resulting in some walking out of the theatre.The comedy-drama centres around a character called Frankie, played by Maya Hawke, who is a struggling Hollywood-based filmmaker.After meeting a charismatic stranger called Link, played by Garfield, they finally find success.A synopsis of the movie reads: “In this cautionary tale, three people struggle to preserve their identities as they form an eccentric love triangle within the fast-moving internet age.”Directed by Gia Coppola, the movie takes a satirical look at the phenomena of online celebrities.Although the hour and a half long film wasn't to everyone's taste as according to the Independent, some of the people watching left the theatre when it aired at the Venice Film Festival back in 2020.Andrew's character Link was slammed in a review by IndieWire as they dubbed him "one of the most obnoxious ever".The character was also described as "the grotesque lovechild of Val Kilmer’s Jim Morrison in The Doors and Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker ".Reviews of the film didn't do much better in Variety either as it was called a "messy, childish scrawl of a film."They also called Andrew's character an "unstable young man larking about with friends to almighty obnoxious a**hole ruthlessly obsessed with climbing numbers."His character was also called an "absolute spanner" by The Times as they claimed viewers will mostly want to punch him.In the review, it said: “He’s the male equivalent of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (think Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer ) and you’ll mostly want to punch him.”In the.
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