Robert Duvall and Michael Caine in a movie written and directed by the screenwriter of the Iron Giant.(yes he's credited with the screenplay) Insert Grin here.
Oh please you know where its going but it detours so nicely every which way you don't care.The cast is great, the story funny and touching. No, you won't blather like at the end of Iron Giant, but you will feel warm and toasty.
My complaints, and there are two, are as follows: First the mother of Haley Joel Osment is annoying as all hell and while its required to set the movie in motion, I wish she was more realistic instead of a cartoon. The same goes for the other group of relatives that drops in from time to time. They are used to comic effect nicely but they are too cartoony.
The second is the whole bit when the mother returns with the boyfriend to pick up Osment. Yes its the deus ex machina that gets us to the warm and fuzzy ending, but its the one plot false note in the whole thing...
Other than that its just a lot of fun.
I am curious how much studio tinkering was done since once or twice I thought it had been trimmed.
No matter. See this film.
Oh please you know where its going but it detours so nicely every which way you don't care.The cast is great, the story funny and touching. No, you won't blather like at the end of Iron Giant, but you will feel warm and toasty.
My complaints, and there are two, are as follows: First the mother of Haley Joel Osment is annoying as all hell and while its required to set the movie in motion, I wish she was more realistic instead of a cartoon. The same goes for the other group of relatives that drops in from time to time. They are used to comic effect nicely but they are too cartoony.
The second is the whole bit when the mother returns with the boyfriend to pick up Osment. Yes its the deus ex machina that gets us to the warm and fuzzy ending, but its the one plot false note in the whole thing...
Other than that its just a lot of fun.
I am curious how much studio tinkering was done since once or twice I thought it had been trimmed.
No matter. See this film.