MOVIE COMPANY: Disney
CAST: Starring Bruce Willis, Lily Tomlin, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer and more.
DIRECTED BY: Jon Turteltaub
WRITTEN BY: Audrey Wells
RATING: Rated PG
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0219854
TYPE OF MOVIE: Comedy
DURATION: 104 minutes
Russ Duritz is a wealthy L.A. image consultant, but as he nears 40, he’s cynical, dogless, chickless, estranged from his father, and he has no memories of his childhood. One night he surprises an intruder, who turns out to be a kid, almost 8 years old. There’s something oddly familiar about the chubby lad, whose name is Rusty. The boy’s identity sparks a journey into Russ’s past that the two of them take – to find the key moment that has defined who Russ is. Two long-suffering women look on with disbelief: Russ’s secretary, Janet, and his assistant, the lovely Amy, to whom Rusty takes a shine. What, and who, is at the end of this journey? (IMDB)
DVD EXTRAS:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Audio Commentary With Director Jon Turlteltaub & Spencer Breslin
• Behind-The-Scenes Featurette, “From Casting the Role of The Kid”
• Conversations with Jon Turteltaub
• Widescreen anamorphic format
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S):Â None that I know of
DVD REVIEW:
A very entertaining movie that the family will love. Especially for the men who work so hard and wonder where there lives are going to.
As for the children, they will love the relationship between Bruce Willis and Spencer Breslin. There was good karma making this film and you can tell Turteltaub enjoyed working with Breslin. His “From Casting the role of “The Kid” is very entertaining and a good way to get to know the child star.
So, aside from being touted as a kid’s movie, this movie is also for the working person who is busy to care about his own personal life and for other people.
I’m not sure if we will ever see Bruce Willis doing a family movie like this or if we will ever see Spencer Breslin again on film but this movie is pretty good.
As for the DVD, very good colors and the video looks great. The audio is typical for a dialogue movie and the special features are numerous with the featurette and conversations with the director. Also, there is a commentary with Turteltaub and with Breslin which is also a blast to watch the movie again and listening to the kid.
A pretty cool DVD for the family and your hard working dad.
THE MOVIE:Â A-
THE DVD EXTRAS:Â B
THE DVD OVERALL:Â B+