The film, Come On, Come On, is about family.

It's about loss and about joy, and that's right, it's about radio.

Joaquin Phoenix plays an audio journalist who takes his young nephew on the road as

he interviews kids about the world.

And along the way, the two learn a lot about each other.

I'm Aisha Harris.

And I'm Linda Holmes, and today we're talking about Come On, Come On, on Pop Culture Happy

Hour from NPR.

Joining us today is Danny Hensel.

Danny is a producer at NPR's Weekend Edition.

Welcome back, Danny.

Thank you.

In Come On, Come On, Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny, a middle-aged radio guy who's interviewing

kids about how they feel about the world.

His sister Viv, played by Gabby Hoffman, asks him to look after her son, Jessie, played

by Woody Norman while she deals with some problems Jessie's father is having.

Eventually, Johnny has to get back to work and Viv isn't done.

So he takes Jessie with him back to New York and to some other places too.

The two spend time talking and we learn why Johnny and Viv's relationship has been so

strained.

It's a pretty laid-back movie, I would say, filmed in black and white, kind of a scruffy family

story that for once even seems to know how radio is made.

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