The first Labor Day trailer has come online and while the song, “Take Us Alive“, by Other Lives may give it an enticing, moody atmosphere, this trailer isn’t entirely indicative of the film that will be released on Christmas Day. For starters, there are no peaches. You can’t tell the story of Labor Day without peaches!
To quote my review of this sappy, melodramatic film:
After describing the process as if he [Josh Brolin] was Fabio with a cooking show, all three of them start digging their hands in a bowl of cut peaches, mixing the ingredients with cinematographer Eric Steelberg getting his camera all the way in there. It’s a foodie ménage à trois and considering it involves a mother and son along with a convicted murderer, it’s more than a little weird.
They do, however, show plenty of shots of Brolin’s character fixing stuff around the house and becoming the “man of the house” and playing a little catch with the young boy (Gattlin Griffin), but there is still a lot that’s kept hidden.
Give the trailer a watch below and if you want to read my full review click here.
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Based on Joyce Maynard’s novel of the same name, Labor Day centers on 13-year-old Henry Wheeler, who struggles to be the man of his house and care for his reclusive mother Adele while confronting all the pangs of adolescence. On a back-to-school shopping trip, Henry and his mother encounter Frank Chambers, a man both intimidating and clearly in need of help, who convinces them to take him into their home and later is revealed to be an escaped convict. The events of this long Labor Day weekend will shape them for the rest of their lives.
