Young Otis is constantly scanning his father’s moods.
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The film’s most striking layer is its casting. Shia LaBeouf plays his own father (James Lort), while Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges play versions of Shia (Otis Lort). Young Otis is constantly scanning his father’s moods