Whatever your opinion of Amber Heard, nobody can deny that she can generate publicity. Whether her presence is positive or negative, simply having her in a movie will inevitably result in some press, usually accompanied by a raging comment section populated by Depp stans. Such is likely to be the fate of acclaimed music video director Nabil Elderkin’s indie movie Gully, which hits theaters today and features Heard in a key role.
The movie centers on three young LA men fed up with their lives who decide to take their Grand Theft Auto addiction to the streets with nightmarish consequences. It stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Charlie Plummer, and Jacob Latimore, with support from Terrence Howard, Jonathan Majors, and Heard as a “zonked-out mom”.
Gully premiered way back at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, but the whole COVID thing means it’s only getting a theatrical release today. So, is it worth braving a trip to your local indie cinema for? The prognosis isn’t good: it’s sitting at 36% on the Tomatometer, with critics calling it “disastrous and confusing”, “generally pointless”, and that it’s ambitious but “the execution falls decidedly short”. Perhaps one to skip then.
Some more engaging drama is happening in Virginia courthouses, where Heard and her ex-husband Johnny Depp are preparing for their 2022 defamation trial. Heard’s legal team is arguing that as the UK court concluded that it isn’t libelous to refer to Depp as a “wife beater” the judge should throw his case out now. That’s naturally being resisted by Depp’s lawyers, who call the move “the latest Hail Mary”. But Amber Heard did receive a recent boost in that the LAPD are not investigating her for perjury, so that’s nice for her.
In the meantime, Gully is currently on limited theatrical release and will probably soon appear on VOD and streaming services.
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