Unfortunately despite the best efforts of Haden Church, Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker and Juno's Ellen Page the movie simply didn't work. It started slowly and never generated any sympathy for any of its leading roles. Even the most indie and brooding of movies has a character that the audience can connect with on some level.
The plot centers around Dennis Quaid as a professor in Pittsburgh reconnecting with an ex student (Sarah Jessica Parker) after the death of his wife. Neither Ellen Page as his teen Republican daughter and Thomas Haden Church playing the role of non-conformist adopted brother do anything in this movie of interest.
It is the kind of movie that I am sure looked good on paper and the cast was certainly strong enough (nice to see SJP playing a serious role for once). In the end though the movie left me feeling flat and somewhat bored - not what I am looking for from a flick!
Rating **
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Thanks for the review and for starting this blog, I'm looking forward to keeping up with it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your review, just recently watch this flick and it didn't do much for me.
Mr. C