King of California

Michael Douglas, under a grizzly beard and flashing eyes, plays an obsessive eccentric who steps out of a mental institution and into a modern day treasure hunt across the golf courses and strip malls covering what was once Old California. Evan Rachel Wood takes on the responsible role of this fractured family, narrating Mike Cahill's perfectly genial and agreeably modest tale with the weary resignation of a kid whose self-reliance has come at a high cost. The bristly relationship between childlike Dad and wary, responsible daughter, the quiet voice of reason turned partner in crime and felony accessory, grounds the storybook adventure. Wood meets Douglas' fidgety personality and innocuous energy with wary curiosity toughened by disappointment, but at heart she's still a kid holding out hope for Charlie, for once, to act like a father. The disc features a making-of featurette and outtakes.