I liked all of the performances (I especially was fascinated by Nelson and Marshall-Green) and found all the characters to be really interesting. I know a lot of fans of the book are unhappy with Franco's adaptation but there are some that think it's a good enough summary of a near impossible novel to adapt (into a movie). So for me it was really bizarre and interesting. I never read the book so I didn't know the story at all prior to seeing the movie. It's set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi (based on Faulkner's home Lafayette County). Each family member has their own troubles and drama. It then focuses on the family's efforts to transport Addie's body to the town of Jefferson, to be buried (as she wished). She left behind her husband Anse (Nelson), daughter Dewey Dell (Ahna O'Reilly) and four sons (Franco, Parrack, Logan Marshall-Green and Brady Permenter).
The story begins with the death of Addie Bundren (Beth Grant). The film, if nothing else, is very interesting and it's great to see Franco continuously trying new and different things.
He also co-stars in the movie with a bunch of his friends like Danny McBride, Tim Blake Nelson and Jim Parrack (he co-stars with Nelson and Parrack in another film he co-wrote and directed this year, based on a book by Cormac McCarthy, called 'CHILD OF GOD'). Franco directed the film and wrote it's screenplay.
'AS I LAY DYING': Four Stars (Out of Five) James Franco undertook the ambitious creative effort of trying to adapt author William Faulkner's classic 1930 book (of the same name) and partially succeeded.
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