Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) is Gus Van Sant's biographical dramedy you can watch online on iFILM. It follows John Callahan, a heavy drinker who ends up in a wheelchair after a car crash and, against all odds, reinvents himself as a cartoonist.

Joaquin Phoenix plays John. A drunken wreck in his twenties costs him the use of his arms and legs, but not his bite: he draws sharp, provocative cartoons that make some readers laugh and others demand a ban. Running alongside is the slow, stumbling climb toward sobriety, guided by Donnie, a wealthy and wickedly funny AA sponsor played by Jonah Hill. Rooney Mara is the woman who keeps John afloat, and Jack Black is the friend whose reckless night set everything in motion.

Adapted from the real Callahan's memoir, Van Sant tells it out of order, cutting in the artist's own drawings and skipping the easy tears the story keeps inviting. Stream Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) online on iFILM.