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Favorite Joel Edgerton Movie?


Huge fan of Joel's, so was wondering what your favorite film of his is so I can check it out if I haven't already.

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Warrior

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Warrior also gets my vote. First movie a saw him in but definitely not the last.
Kinky Boots is great. Seemingly the opposite of Warrior, but also plays heavily on the relationships between fathers and sons.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green. I probably would not have watched this if Joel had not been in it, but I'm glad I did. Sweet movie about what it is to be a parent.
The Waiting City. A bookend to Timothy Green in a way. A childless couple go to India to adopt a baby. A bit slow in the middle, but the end will bring you to tears. Plus Joel sings and plays guitar.
He was great in Gatsby, no pun intended. I'm not a huge fan of the film, but it is physically beautiful.
Also check out his many short films. Most of them can be found on youtube.

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Kinky Boots was my introduction to him and I finally watched Warrior last week. I don't like "fighting" movies, but now I see it was so much more. All three main actors were ridiculous.

What I've seen so far is
Warrior
Kinky Boots
Gatsby (I agree, film was terrible, but he was amazing)
Wish You Were Here
Zero Dark Thirty
Timothy Green
Animal Kingdom
Felony
Smokin Aces
Ned Kelly
The Thing (that was awful; even he couldn't save it)
most of his short films

Separation City looks good and so does Open Window; I need to see if Amazon or iTunes has them. Anything I'm missing? Is Exodus worth it? I'm a non-Christian, so the story doesn't appeal to me at all.

Thanks everyone!

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Separation City was good. Funny and awkward. The wife was annoying.
I liked Open Window, but given the subject matter it was difficult to watch at times.
Both movies were on youtube the last time I checked.
Christian or not I'd say skip Exodus. A few interesting moments, but it was a struggle to watch to the end.
Forgot to mention The Hard Word and The Night We Called it a Day. Not the best, but worth a watch to see his earlier work.
Also one of his older short films called Saturn's Return is excellent. If you don't have a tear in your eye by the end... Pretty sure that it's on youtube as well.
Enjoy.

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Watched Saturn's Return a few nights ago; loved it.

Will definitely check out the ones you mentioned. I have the feeling Open Window will be a tough one to get through, but it did look really good.

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check him out as the creepy guy in the gift.

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My son and I watched it yesterday. Absolutely fantastic! The first two-thirds of the movie makes you so uncomfortable and the last bit you're thinking "what is going on?!?!" One of his best and same could be said for Bateman and Hall. All three leads were spot on.

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Warrior
The Gift
Wish You Were Here
The Great Gatsby
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Kinky Boots
Felony
The Square


Those are all must sees on my Joel List.

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