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moviePig
Nov 26, 2009, 10:22:09 AM11/26/09
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As Silas Marner's modern-day cousin, Michael Caine ensures the
watchability of IS ANYBODY THERE?, a bittersweet dramedy set in a
modest British retirement home run by a young couple with an 11-year-
old son. The movie has charm ...and hoists some of Life's Big
Questions, for which it earns points. But there's a shortage of
insight and novelty here (as well as one obtrusive continuity lapse).
Still, Caine is seldom to be dismissed lightly, and his first-tier
worshipers will find this one a must-see. And, even from where I sit
in his second-tier, it's mostly recommended.
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MFalc1
Nov 27, 2009, 3:05:25 AM11/27/09
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Also liked Anne-Marie Duff as the boy's mother and David Morrissey as
the in-midlife-crisis father.
Mark L. Falconer
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sirblob2
Nov 28, 2009, 3:33:52 AM11/28/09
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lovely little thing, iirc set in the 80s, to be seen hence on a double
bill with son of rambow and the damned united, moreso since british
film tends to be shit
moviePig
Nov 28, 2009, 10:08:02 AM11/28/09
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On Nov 28, 3:33 am, sirblob2 <sirbl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 26 nov, 16:22, moviePig <pwall...@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
> > As Silas Marner's modern-day cousin, Michael Caine ensures the
> > watchability of IS ANYBODY THERE?, a bittersweet dramedy set in a
> > modest British retirement home run by a young couple with an 11-year-
> > old son. The movie has charm ...and hoists some of Life's Big
> > Questions, for which it earns points. But there's a shortage of
> > insight and novelty here (as well as one obtrusive continuity lapse).
> > Still, Caine is seldom to be dismissed lightly, and his first-tier
> > worshipers will find this one a must-see. And, even from where I sit
> > in his second-tier, it's mostly recommended.
>
> On 26 nov, 16:22, moviePig <pwall...@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
> > As Silas Marner's modern-day cousin, Michael Caine ensures the
> > watchability of IS ANYBODY THERE?, a bittersweet dramedy set in a
> > modest British retirement home run by a young couple with an 11-year-
> > old son. The movie has charm ...and hoists some of Life's Big
> > Questions, for which it earns points. But there's a shortage of
> > insight and novelty here (as well as one obtrusive continuity lapse).
> > Still, Caine is seldom to be dismissed lightly, and his first-tier
> > worshipers will find this one a must-see. And, even from where I sit
> > in his second-tier, it's mostly recommended.
>
> lovely little thing, iirc set in the 80s, to be seen hence on a double
> bill with son of rambow and the damned united, moreso since british
> film tends to be shit
> bill with son of rambow and the damned united, moreso since british
> film tends to be shit
It has a few more 'chops' -- both acting and gauze-dispelling -- than
RAMBOW delivered. Still, fie upon even modest deliberate recourse to
sentimentality.
sirblob2
Dec 1, 2009, 6:22:29 AM12/1/09
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really? i found son of rambow much more appealing, due to the subject.
iirc, the kid's the same actor, anyways
moviePig
Dec 1, 2009, 9:28:35 AM12/1/09
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On Dec 1, 6:22 am, sirblob2 <sirbl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 28, 4:08 pm, moviePig <pwall...@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Nov 28, 3:33 am, sirblob2 <sirbl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On 26 nov, 16:22, moviePig <pwall...@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
> > > > As Silas Marner's modern-day cousin, Michael Caine ensures the
> > > > watchability of IS ANYBODY THERE?, a bittersweet dramedy set in a
> > > > modest British retirement home run by a young couple with an 11-year-
> > > > old son. The movie has charm ...and hoists some of Life's Big
> > > > Questions, for which it earns points. But there's a shortage of
> > > > insight and novelty here (as well as one obtrusive continuity lapse).
> > > > Still, Caine is seldom to be dismissed lightly, and his first-tier
> > > > worshipers will find this one a must-see. And, even from where I sit
> > > > in his second-tier, it's mostly recommended.
>
> > > lovely little thing, iirc set in the 80s, to be seen hence on a double
> > > bill with son of rambow and the damned united, moreso since british
> > > film tends to be shit
>
> > It has a few more 'chops' -- both acting and gauze-dispelling -- than
> > RAMBOW delivered. Still, fie upon even modest deliberate recourse to
> > sentimentality.
>
> On Nov 28, 4:08 pm, moviePig <pwall...@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Nov 28, 3:33 am, sirblob2 <sirbl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On 26 nov, 16:22, moviePig <pwall...@moviepig.com> wrote:
>
> > > > As Silas Marner's modern-day cousin, Michael Caine ensures the
> > > > watchability of IS ANYBODY THERE?, a bittersweet dramedy set in a
> > > > modest British retirement home run by a young couple with an 11-year-
> > > > old son. The movie has charm ...and hoists some of Life's Big
> > > > Questions, for which it earns points. But there's a shortage of
> > > > insight and novelty here (as well as one obtrusive continuity lapse).
> > > > Still, Caine is seldom to be dismissed lightly, and his first-tier
> > > > worshipers will find this one a must-see. And, even from where I sit
> > > > in his second-tier, it's mostly recommended.
>
> > > lovely little thing, iirc set in the 80s, to be seen hence on a double
> > > bill with son of rambow and the damned united, moreso since british
> > > film tends to be shit
>
> > It has a few more 'chops' -- both acting and gauze-dispelling -- than
> > RAMBOW delivered. Still, fie upon even modest deliberate recourse to
> > sentimentality.
>
> really? i found son of rambow much more appealing, due to the subject.
> iirc, the kid's the same actor, anyways
> iirc, the kid's the same actor, anyways
I'll agree RAMBOW's subject's more appealing. (I knew the kid looked
familiar...)
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