Captain Fantastic Review

Captain Fantastic is a movie that will be best loved by those who liked Into The Wild. It is a story about a couple who decide to raise their kids in the wilderness away from civilisation. But when the mother loses her life to a fatal disease the whole family is thrown into a turmoil. They are now forced to engage with the society from which they had so long been fiercely shielded.

Captain Fantastic is a satire that shows a mirror to the society and calls out the numerous wrongs prevalent in the society, yet at the same time affirms the need for a society, a community to exist within. Viggo Mortenson, who we all know from the Lord of the Rings series, plays the patriarch of the family and delivers a powerful performance. The child actors playing his children too deliver splendid performances to match the adults. The cinematography is great and the costumes are note worthy for all the bright and outlandish dashes of colours giving the characters a unique look that visually separates them from the usual mundane society. Music too has been well utilised and the cover of Sweet Child-o-mine in the end of the movie is a cherry on a delicious cake.