Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Protraph Lack of good storyline.
Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.
rainbowzen999 I loved this movie. I wanted to say that first off. Shirley MacLaine...Azura Skye...Julia Stiles...Randy Quaid, with a wee dash of Jennifer Coolidge there at the end, what a wonderful cast. It's a small, quiet, sweet-natured, heartwarming film. There's even a really cute little dog in it. Watch it if you like feel-good movies.At the very end of the film there's a teeny continuity glitch. A scene between Julia Stiles and...well you'll see who it's with if you watch it...ANYway Ms. Stiles' left arm is adorned with a beautiful wrist cuff...then the cuff is gone...then it's back...then it's gone again...and etc. It's only obvious because her wrist is right up there on the screen throughout that bit of scene. This boo boo does not hurt the movie in any way at all, I'm just saying, as a kind aside, that I couldn't help noticing that.
Mistrcoffe I enjoyed it because it is a great movie. I guess as I get older I am also getting more sentimental, and my tastes seem to be getting more eclectic. I have really begun to enjoy more independent films, and enjoyed this one in particular.I had to chuckle about the whole spoiler thing because the base plot is as predictable as it gets, but it is still a pleasure watching it unfold.The acting is particularly good at many levels. I planned to name the actors, reference what I had seen them in before and then say why I liked them in this, but I will spare you my digressive drivel. Hell the actors are listed above and links to all they have done.I would say try it whether you are an Indy fan or not. It is time spent well spent.
nikafgi Not a masterpiece, even a great movie, but very worth watching. Quite good performances too, specially from MacLaine, as always, and Stiles, who deserves a challenging role right now, and not two scenes in The Bourne Supremacy. And well, it's that an American romantic comedy doesn't treat the public as stupids, which isn't completely surprising, but it's great to know that, sometimes, they can make it better than anyone. Because it wouldn't be so charming if it were an European film, it would be more cynical... (despite the fact that Carolina is directed by a dutch woman).Anyway, in a perfect world, there would be more movies like this one.
wind-talker *may contain a few spoilers*Carolina is an unusual movie (and character) in the fact that even in a family as dysfunctional as hers is, family always comes first. Rather than be weighted down by her past Carolina does her utmost to rise above it and make her life a bit more complete than the fractured past which she had grown up with, all the while she (and others) continue to make the same mistakes that got them there to begin with. Overall the movie had a decent flow, and outstanding acting by all parties involved. There were a few areas it lacked in, one of the most notable was the ending which was as fractured as Carolina's family was. There were too many paths revealed without anything coming to fruition. There was also the possibility of more conflict (which was implied by the families action) which was never capitalized on. Apart from the fact that family stayed together, it failed to show any other values you would hope from a family movie. Instead you see each person falling into the same mistakes that their parents had without truly overcoming anything.Overall it is very watchable, but expect to be left with a few questions at the end.
