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‘Captain Fantastic’ Review: Wilderness Family With Great Vigor and Viggo


Cultures collide in Matt Ross’s film when a philosopher-survivalist raising his kids outside of society is forced to bring his family back to the mainstream; starring Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Erin Moriarty, Frank Langella and Ann Dowd. The Wall Street Journal.

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