Rob Riggle may be best known for his comedic work, but in Nickels, the actor taps into a far quieter and more dramatic register as Tom Monroe, a successful entrepreneur and devoted family man still carrying the grief of losing his older brother as a teenager. When, three decades later, his neighbour’s son Mitch (Aaron…
Nickels is the type of film that could have very easily overwhelmed itself. A story about grief, possible reincarnation and the signs we attach meaning to could have exploded into melodrama or lengthy monologues about faith. Instead, director Spencer King approaches the material with admirable restraint, allowing uncertainty to hang over the film and trusting…
