Nat Wolff no doubt gets mixed up with his brother Alex now and again until you look at them closely and see the difference. The two of them are both actors and musicians and it’s easy enough to think that they could pass for each other at a glance until you really take the time to note how different they really are. That being said though they’ve starred in a couple of movies together and have gone their own way as well and done a good job of it by displaying the kind of acting talents they really possess. There are those movies that each of them has done that might never really gain the type of prominence that some people might think they deserve but they’ve still managed to propel Nat forward in a big way since the movies themselves were insightful and in a big way kind of beneficial to his reputation since it seems that he can perform quite a few roles if called upon to do so.
Here are his five best movies.
5. Stuck in Love
Mike D’Angelo of AV Club pins it down by stating that this movie is all about a family filled with novelists and how they get by in their tumultuous lives by trying hard to either find love, not be pinned down by it, or pine for it when the proverbial ship has apparently sailed. Between a father and his two kids the novelist gene runs strong but the capacity for failing at love is just as strong since the three of them have their own very solid issues when it comes to receiving or giving love. By the end of the movie things have smoothed over in their own personal relationships and they’ve continued to move forward with their successes, but the idea that any writer is this much of a romantic is an idealized fairy tale that a lot of people seem to enjoy hearing.
4. Stella’s Last Weekend
It’s funny what happens when a girl comes between two guys, but it gets even worse when those two guys are brothers that are insanely close and tend to be more like friends. This movie kind of makes a person wonder if Nat and Alex have ever experienced this kind of thing growing up or if they’ve been lucky enough to be attracted to others that they don’t have a mutual feeling towards. The idea that this movie is fixated around the last days of a family pet is kind of amusing since it seems to take a very big left as it focuses heavily on the brothers and their fixation on this young woman that has entered their lives.
3. The Fault in Our Stars
Cancer is not a fairness in life, nor is is something we can do much about save to fight and in the end lose anyway. The great part of this movie is that between the moments when one chooses to fight and the moment that one finally succumbs there are horrors, wonders, joy, pain, and everything that falls between to experience. It’s life, that wonderful and horrible thing that makes each day an uncertainty but one that has to be faced and in some cases is desired since it brings for those so afflicted a chance to see the world with eyes that see the inherent beauty in every moment of the day that so many of us miss. That’s the beauty of this movie.
2. Death Note
It’s kind of funny really how David Ehrlich Hanh Nguyen of IndieWire speak of whitewashing when it comes to this movie since sure, if it’s going to be brought up then of course it would be guilty of turning Light into a white kid. But if that’s the measure we’re going by then let’s roll out the list of movies where many other characters have been replaced by people of color or have been gender-swapped and then compare the ‘damage’. So this wasn’t a perfect movie but it was entertaining for those that hadn’t read the original source material and therefore didn’t know any better. It was a movie about a demon and a book that could be used to kill people. If a person feels the need to criticize it might be time to take a step back and take a break from pop culture altogether.
1. Paper Towns
Sometimes people leave their lives in order just to get away, not to take people with them. When Margot decided to go she just went and despite thinking that the clues she left behind were for him and others to follow, Q was definitely missing the point. Thankfully though once they reunite briefly she lets him know that she’s okay, that things will be alright, and that he doesn’t need to worry about her. It’s tough letting go of someone you care about, but it’s also important to know when to do so.
So far he’s created a pretty decent career, here’s hoping he keeps going with it.
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