CAST: Starring Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah and more.
DIRECTED BY: Richard LaGravanese
PRODUCED BY:
RATING: Rated R
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120722
TYPE OF MOVIE: Drama, Romance, Comedy
DURATION: 103 minutes
Judith (Hunter) ending a 20-year relationship with her husband in a restaurant. We see from the beginning that this character is flawed, that she doesn’t really have a life–she eats in, sings to herself in her apartment, goes out alone, etc. Until she meets Pat (DeVito), a man who’s life is in real shambles. He too has been recently divorced plus on top of that his daughter has just died. The circumstances that these two emotionally-disconnected people come together is astounding, which is also why they become such great friends.
DVD EXTRAS:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Commentary by director Richard LaGravenese
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Reading of Anton Chekhov’s short story “Misery” by writer Stephen Schiff
• Reading of Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Kiss” by actress Claudia Shear
• Five deleted scenes including a full performance of the song “Lush Life” by Queen Latifah (Letterbox 2.35 : 1, Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Widescreen anamorphic format
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S):Â None that I know of
DVD REVIEW:
A very good movie with great performances from Hunter, DeVito and Queen Latifah. Very good music and a story that shows to a person, no matter what may have happened in the past or how bad your life was then, don’t be depressed. Do something about it! That’s what this movie is about for each character. Doing something about one’s life.
Many feel that this movie is underrated. That it shouldn’t have been snubbed by the Oscars. Some feel that each person’s story was great watching but putting it all together as one movie didn’t work well.
The video is very good and the music is excellent. The special features include deleted scenes which may have benefited the movie. Also, readings of short stories and more.
My feeling is that the movie is beautifully done and give it a try.
THE MOVIE:Â A-
THE DVD EXTRAS:Â A-
THE DVD OVERALL: A-