Not as bad as anticipated. Sort of fun. Some nice nods to the original show. The Duane Johnson character was quite fun. Over all an ok watch.
Sweet enough film about a young Jesuit man debating on entering the priesthood and the woman he falls for while serving at a soup kitchen in Alabama.
Nothing stellar, just a pleasant film. It had Amy Acker in it, so we watched. Alan Arkin gives a great performance as a Jesuit priest that works with the Novices to determine if they are ready for the priesthood. Cantakerous yet caring. Sort of what I imagine Arkin would be like in real life, just not celibate. And Orson Bean plays the most dysfunctional priest a parish could possibly have and you like him for it.
The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.
Ok, I have a weakness for dog films. I can watch people sliced and diced in a film and I often don’t much care, but dogs, THAT is a whole different story.
Benji – balled my eyes out when he went missing and every subsequent sequel even if he stubbed his paw.
Old Yeller – if you don’t cry during this, well, I have taken care of it for you.
Best in Show – ok, the exception that proves the rule. Though I did feel really bad for Parker Posey’s dog.
Lassie – any of them, even the tv series. tears.
Rin Tin Tin, Sounder – yep, I cried.
My Dog Skip – convulsive sobbing.
So I spent the last half hour of this film with tears running down my face.
Why dog films? I think Owen Wilson’s character said it best
A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water log stick will do just fine. A dog doesn’t care if your rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he’ll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?
So grab some kleenex and sit down with this film about “the worst dog in the world”. If you have a heart you won’t be disappointed.
After their wedding, newspaper writers John and Jennifer Grogan move to Florida. In an attempt to stall Jennifer’s “biological clock”, John gives her a puppy. While the puppy Marley grows into a 100 pound dog, he loses none of his puppy energy or rambunctiousness. Meanwhile, Marley gains no self-discipline. Marley’s antics give John rich material for his newspaper column. As the Grogan’s mature and have children of their own, Marley continues to test everyone’s patience by acting like the world’s most impulsive dog.
An ok film about a bunch of people pondering happiness and what it means to them. Told in a circle, all the people in the film meet in some way or at least change another life of someone else in the film
Though I liked the technique, the film moved slowly after a while. It seemed to bog down once the happy guy was fired and the housekeeper was hit by the car. Before that it seemed to be moving at an interesting pace. Then the end came quickly. So there were some pacing problems for me, but the story was enough to keep me watching.
The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life’s cold unpredictability.
Sometimes an actress plays an awful bitch so well that you fail to believe she could be an actual nice person.
A movie publicist deals with the messy public split of his movie’s co-stars while keeping reporters at bay while a reclusive director holds the film’s print hostage.
A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he’s protecting, as a bid to pay off his family’s ransom.
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.