Key Elements: Story – Visuals – Characters – Message – Symbolism – Music - Gospel
My Review:
I was amazed at how well this movie was made. It’s very well for a movie to stay true to its literary sources, but this one did it.
Lewis’ classic story is faithfully reproduced here with gorgeous music and stunning visuals.
James McAvoy makes Tumnus come alive in ways I’d never imagined. And the battle sequence is incredible.
But the best thing about this story is how it symbolizes the gospel. Aslan gives his life as a ransom for Edmund. But death cannot hold him and he returns to free Narnia from evil. It’s exactly what Jesus did for us.
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Now, are you familiar with any Narnian lullabies?
- Sorry, no.
Well that's good, because this probably won't sound anything like one.
Impossible!
When Adam's Flesh and Adam's bone sits at Cair Paravel in throne, the evil time will be over and done.
There's a right bit more than hope. Aslan... is on the move.
This hilarious movie is one of the most quotable I’ve ever seen. Love it.
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Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
What do we do when we fall off the horse?
- ... fall off the horse?
... we... get back on!
- Sorry, Maury. I'm not a gymnast.
I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is.
It's that damn Hansel! He's so hot right now!
A eugoogoolizer... one who speaks at funerals. Or did you think I was too stupid to know what a eugoogooly was?
I just thank the Lord she didn't live to see her son as a mermaid.
- Mer-man! (cough-cough) Mer-man!
You think that you're too cool for school, but I have a newsflash for you Walter Cronkite... you aren't
It's a walk-off!
I'm not an ambi-turner.
What is this? A center for ants? How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read... if they can't even fit inside the building?
- Derek, this is just a small...
I don't wanna hear your excuses! The building has to be at least... three times bigger than this!
Male models don't think for themselves.
- That's not true!
Yes it is, Derek.
- Okay.
I felt like, "This guy's really hurting me." And it hurt.
I'm sorry I was wack
When I was in 7th grade, I was... the fat kid in my class.
- Ew!
I was... Bullemic
- ...You can read minds?
I'm sorry that good-looking people like us made you throw up and feel bad about yourself.
Key Elements: Story – Lines – Characters – Concept
My Review:
This is an interesting movie. An American and a Frenchwoman are chatting on a train traveling through Austria. On a whim, He asks her to get off the train with him to keep him company for his last few hours in Europe. She agrees, and they get to know each other better while checking out the nightlife.
The most engaging thing about this movie is that it isn’t driven by plot twists or quirky situations. You don’t even feel like you’re watching a movie, but just overhearing a conversation between two people. The writing does an excellent job of communicating the chemistry between the characters.
What’s funny is that most of the movie they talk about how disillusioned they are about romance, but by the end, they’ve fallen for each other.
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Alright, I have an admittedly insane idea, but if I don't ask you this it's just, uh, you know, it's gonna haunt me the rest of my life - What? Um... I want to keep talking to you, y'know. I have no idea what your situation is, but, uh, but I feel like we have some kind of, uh, connection. Right? - Yeah, me too. Yeah, right, well, great. So listen, so here's the deal. This is what we should do. You should get off the train with me here in Vienna, and come check out the capital. - What? Come on. It'll be fun. Come on. - What would we do? Umm, I don't know. All I know is I have to catch an Austrian Airlines flight tomorrow morning at 9:30 and I don't really have enough money for a hotel, so I was just going to walk around, and it would be a lot more fun if you came with me. And if I turn out to be some kind of psycho, you know, you just get on the next train. …Alright, alright. Think of it like this: jump ahead, ten, twenty years, okay, and you're married. Only your marriage doesn't have that same energy that it used to have, y'know. You start to blame your husband. You start to think about all those guys you've met in your life and what might have happened if you'd picked up with one of them, right? Well, I'm one of those guys. That's me y'know, so think of this as time travel, from then, to now, to find out what you're missing out on. See, what this really could be is a gigantic favor to both you and your future husband to find out that you're not missing out on anything. I'm just as big a loser as he is, totally unmotivated, totally boring, and, uh, you made the right choice, and you're really happy. - Let me get my bag.
I had worked for this old man and once he told me that he had spent his whole life thinking about his career and his work. And he was fifty-two and it suddenly struck him that he had never really given anything of himself. His life was for no one and nothing. He was almost crying saying that.
Why is it, that a dog, sleeping in the sun, is so beautiful, y'know, it is, it’s beautiful, but a guy, standing at a bank machine, trying to take some money out, looks like a complete moron?
It's just, people have these romantic projections they put on everything. That's not based on any kind of reality
You know what drives me crazy? It's all these people talking about how great technology is, and how it saves all this time. But, what good is saved time, if nobody uses it? If it just turns into more busy work. You never hear somebody say, "With the time I've saved by using my word processor, I'm gonna go to a Zen monastery and hang out". I mean, you never hear that.
If there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt.
I used to think that if none of your family or friends knew you were dead, it was like not really being dead. People can invent the best and the worst for you.
I don't know, I think that if I could just accept the fact that my life is supposed to be difficult. You know, that's what to be expected, then I might not get so pissed-off about it and I'll just be glad when something nice happens.
I feel like this is, uh, some dream world we're in, y'know. - Yeah, it's so weird. It's like our time together is just ours. It's our own creation. It must be like I'm in your dream, and you in mine, or something. And what's so cool is that this whole evening, all our time together, shouldn't officially be happening. - Yeah, I know. Maybe that's why this feels so otherworldly.
You know what I want? - What? To be kissed. - Well I can do that.
But then the morning comes, and we turn back into pumpkins, right?
Maybe we should meet here in five years or something. - All right, all right, five year- Five years! That's a long time! It's awful! It's like a sociological experiment!
This movie is surprisingly obscure. Though few people have heard of it, it’s one of the funniest I’ve ever seen.
Maybe this is because Martin Short’s humor can be polarizing. But if you like Martin, you’ll love this character – a creepy/funny ten year old obsessed with a dinosaur themed amusement park.
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Would you please stop hitting the back of my chair? I am trying to sleep! - I'm sorry, Miss Nice Older Person, but I don't know what you're talking about. Perhaps you were just having a nightmare about your early days in the circus. One more word out of you and I'll call the flight attendant. - Wasn't nice of the mean old lady to smash your collarbone was it, Steffen?
Don't reject me, Uncle Martin!
I love you, Uncle Martin. - And I love you too, Clinton. Clifford.
What do you want to be when you grow up, Clifford? - A dinosaur!
You wouldn't lie to me, would you Uncle Martin? 'Cause if you did I'd be so angry I don't know what I'd do.
Don't send me back to my parents, they hate me!
Here's the deal: Go to your room, write a confession that I'll take to the police, I will not send you back to your parents, and you tell Sarah that you and I are the best of friends. - And we are, aren't we? Shut up.
He says please don't hurt him, he's the only one left in his family.
Don't worry about Clifford, he'll be fine if you give him a ton of sugar and a book about Hitler.
Well there it is, Clifford, Dinosaur World. Are you happy?
Oh Uncle Martin, I am so glad you're here. I got on the train to run away, but a person tried to touch my no-no special place! And when I got back, there were bikers here. And they tied me up, Uncle Martin, and then they told me stories that they do on their bikes. Some of them were fun but some of them were scary!
Oh, you mean Uncle Martin... Scary...*Scary* Uncle Martin. - I'd say I'm the happiest boy in the whole wide world, Uncle Mental Case. I'm the mental case? You're the one in the stray jacket. - I imagine when they put you in yours, you'll need a much larger one, sir. That's cute.
Key Elements: Story – Lines – Characters – Message
My Review:
This is a classic.
Based on William Goldman’s book, this comedic melodrama is incredibly quotable. It also accomplishes the rare feet of being both hilarious and clean.
And I love that Fred Savage plays the kid being told the story.
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Hear this now: I will always come for you. - But how can you be sure? This is true love. You think this happens every day?
No more rhyming and I mean it! - Anybody want a peanut?
INCONCEIVABLE. - You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
They're kissing again. Do we have to read the kissing parts?
We'll never survive. - Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has.
Surrender. - You mean you wish to surrender to me? Very well, I accept.
You truly love each other and so you might have been truly happy. Not one couple in a century has that chance, no matter what the story books say. And so I think no man in a century will suffer as greatly as you will.
Have fun storming the castle!
Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us toogeder tooday.
There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.
First things first, to the death. - No. To the pain. I don't think I'm quite familiar with that phrase. - I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon. That may be the first time in my life a man has dared insult me. - It won't be the last. To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next your nose. And then my tongue I suppose, I killed you too quickly the last time. A mistake I don't mean to duplicate tonight. - I wasn't finished. The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right. And then my ears, I understand let's get on with it. - WRONG. Your ears you keep and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, "Dear God! What is that thing," will echo in your perfect ears. That is what to the pain means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever. I think your bluffing. -It's possible, Pig, I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable, vomitous mass, that I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to stand. But, then again... perhaps I have the strength after all. …DROP... YOUR... SWORD!
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
You know Fezzik, you finally did something right. - Don't worry, I won't let it go to my head.
Since the invention of the kiss there have been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind. The End.
Three out-of-work, bumbling actors of the silent film area accept a job playing their characters in a Mexican city. But when they arrive, they realize that the city believed them to be actual heroes and not just actors.
Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short in a movie together - That alone tells you this will be hilarious. And it is.
There’s also a surprisingly pretty song sequence in the desert when the guys sing “Blue Shadows.”
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Wherever there is injustice, you will find us.
- Wherever there is suffering, we'll be there.
- Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find...
- The Three Amigos!
Well, we're just gonna have to use our brains.
- Damn it!
I was thinking later, you could kiss me on the veranda.
- Lips would be fine.
Can I have your watch when you are dead?
Oh great! Real Bullets!
Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you.
- So when do you think Carmen will open up her flower to you?
Tonight, or I will kill her!
In a way, each of us has an El Guapo to face. For some, shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education might be their El Guapo. For us, El Guapo is a big, dangerous man who wants to kill us. But as sure as my name is Lucky Day, the people of Santa Poco can conquer their own personal El Guapo, who also happens to be *the actual* El Guapo!
This is Steve Martin’s first movie. Incorporating elements from his stand-up routines, the story follows the rise and fall of a nit-witted every-man.
I just love the way Steve Martin’s humor comes from the way he makes himself the butt of the joke. I’m laughing from start to finish every time I watch this movie.
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It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child
Navin, it's your birthday, and it's time you knew. You're not our natural-born child.
- I'm not? You mean I'm gonna STAY this color?
“Lord loves a workin' man.” “Don't trust whitey.” “See a doctor and get rid of it.”
He hates these cans. Stay away from the cans.
For one dollar I'll guess your weight, your height, or your sex
Now be totally honest. You do have a boyfriend don't you.
- Kind of
I know this is our first date but do you think the next time you make love to your boyfriend you could think of me?
- Well I haven't made love to him yet.
That's too bad. Do you think its possible that someday you could make love with me and think of him?
- Who knows maybe you and he could make love and you could think of me.
I'd be happy to be in there somewhere.
I know we've only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week and the second day seemed like five days. And the third day seemed like a week again and the fourth day seemed like eight days. And the fifth day you went to see your mother and that seemed just like a day, and then you came back and later on the sixth day, in the evening, when we saw each other, that started seeming like two days, so in the evening it seemed like two days spilling over into the next day and that started seeming like four days, so at the end of the sixth day on into the seventh day, it seemed like a total of five days. And the sixth day seemed like a week and a half. I have it written down, but I can show it to you tomorrow if you want to see it.
I'm gonna bounce back and when I do I'm gonna buy you a diamond so big it's gonna make you puke.
- I don't wanna puke.
Well I'm gonna to go then. And I don't need any of this. I don't need this stuff, and I don't need you. I don't need anything except this. And that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair. And I don't need one other thing, except my dog.
- grrrr
Well I don't need my dog.
I’m always interested when a comedic actor begins to take on dramatic roles. In the case of Adam Sandler, it really, really works.
This movie tells the story of a man who lost his wife and three daughters in the 9-11 attacks. He now lives on the insurance money – which is just as well because he is so overwrought with grief, he can’t function.
Then his college roommate runs into him and they rekindle their friendship while trying to come to terms with what happened.
Sandler’s performance is nothing short of incredible. You really get a sense of how he’s mentally barricaded himself. It’s heartbreaking.
But we get a great message about supporting people who are dealing with difficult trials – be it grief or something else. We must respect who and where they are, because everyone progresses differently.
Also, the title comes from features Pearl Jam's awesome cover of The Who's Love Reign o'er Me.
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Ahh Graham Nash - Songs For Beginners. Just... just the album cover alone, look at that face, he knows he made a great record.
You know, my wife and I, we tried to call him so many times. Hadn't seen him in years, and I heard about what happened in the paper, and I was just... I was just heartbroken for him. For them. …He just shut down. Quit work. He stopped wanting to talk about her. Then he acted like he didn't remember them. Then he pretended he didn't remember us. - Yeah. All my husband and I want to do is see him. And that crazy landlady and his business manager, Sugarman, both conspire to keep us away. - Sugarman? Yeah, I don't care for him. Who knows what that little shyster's taking from Charlie. - What is there to take? Between the government payout and the insurance policy, Charlie has enough to take care of himself, put it that way. …My husband retired young. He was a cop. We were young, young to be grandparents. I was gonna do nothing but travel and spoil my granddaughters. Then those monsters flew over here from across the world, and rearranged my dance card.
Geena was five. Jenny was seven, she, uh... she liked boys already. Julie was 9. She was... she was older. They all looked alike, Johnson. Like Doreen. Doreen was my wife. DT. That was her nickname. Doreen Timpleman. She had a dog, Spider. Spider... the poodle. They'd wake me up all the time, Saturday mornings, you know, singing Beatles songs to me in harmony, the four of them... so cute, so cute. Doreen never judged me... never nagged like some wives do. Wanted me to take my shoes off so I didn't wreck the carpet. That's it. Doreen and the girls were VERY female. I... I... I was the oddball, you know. Mr. Man. They adored me, Johnson... - I bet they did... I know they did, Charlie. With the long brown hair... except little Geena. She kept the hair short... to be different from everybody... she, um, she had a birthmark, though. Looked like a burn... but it wasn't. She always said it was gonna go away, but it... it never did. Jenny, Jenny, this one... she wanted to be a gymnast. She was such a klutz, though. I didn't have the heart to mention it as a problem. They, uh, went to see Doreen's sister Ellen and her girls in Boston, and they took Spider, because... I had to work and they didn't trust me to feed her, but that was a joke. We were all going to DT's little cousin's wedding in Los Angeles, and I was gonna meet them out there... The kids wanted to go to Disneyland, but they... they uh, were already gonna miss a couple days of school, so we had to say no. You know. So I'm going out to meet them in Los Angeles, and on the way to JFK, I'm in a taxicab and I hear on the radio... I get there and the man tells me the plane's from Boston... another man tells me there's two planes. …Then I go inside the airport and I'm watching. I'm watching on the television... and I... and I... I... I saw it. I saw it and I felt it at the same time. I thought about Geena's birthmark, and I... I felt them burning...
I don't know how they can't see that he's just got a broken heart. It's so broken, his poor heart.
I don't need to talk about her or look at pictures... 'cause the truth is, a lot of times, I see her... on the street. I walk down the street, I see her in someone else's face... clearer than any of the pictures you carry with you. I get that you're in pain, but you got each other. You got each other! And I'm the one who's gotta see her and the girls all the time. Everywhere I go! I even see the dog. That's how fucked up I still am! I look at a German shepherd, I see our goddamn poodle. All right... All right...
I should be more embarrassed by how often I’ve rented this movie, but… I’m not.
Based loosely on the book by Lauren Weisberger, this is the story of a college graduate who accepts a job as an assistant to a Fashion Magazine Editor in Chief. Though the job is coveted by many, Andy just wants to remain unaffected and receive a pay check. But her resolve wanes as she gets better at the job. Soon her friends are noticing a change in her.
The message of the movie is about being authentic and not selling out.
Along the way, we get to enjoy seeing how these characters, equally profound and goofy, interact.
Fun watch.
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A million girls would kill for this job.
Something funny? - No, no, nothing. Y'know, it's just that both those belts look exactly the same to me. Y'know, I'm still learning about all this stuff. This... 'stuff'? Oh... ok. I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don't know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean. You're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar De La Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn't it, who showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff.
Do you know why I hired you? I always hire the same girl - stylish, slender, of course... worships the magazine. But so often, they turn out to be - I don't know - disappointing and, um... stupid. So you, with that impressive résumé and the big speech about your so-called work ethic- I, um- I thought you would be different. I said to myself, go ahead. Take a chance. Hire the smart, fat girl. I had hope. My God. I live on it. Anyway, you ended up disappointing me more than, um- more than any of the other silly girls.
Andy, be serious. You are not trying. You are whining. What is it that you want me to say to you, huh? Do you want me to say, "Poor you. Miranda's picking on you. Poor you. Poor Andy"? Hmm? Wake up, six. She's just doing her job. Don't you know that you are working at the place that published some of the greatest artists of the century? Halston, Lagerfeld, de la Renta. And what they did, what they created was greater than art because you live your life in it. Well, not you, obviously, but some people. You think this is just a magazine, hmm? This is not just a magazine. This is a shining beacon of hope for... oh, I don't know... let's say a young boy growing up in Rhode Island with six brothers pretending to go to soccer practice when he was really going to sewing class and reading Runway under the covers at night with a flashlight. You have no idea how many legends have walked these halls. And what's worse, you don't care. Because this place, where so many people would die to work you only deign to work. And you want to know why she doesn't kiss you on the forehead and give you a gold star on your homework at the end of the day. Wake up, sweetheart.
Same Andy, better clothes. - I like the old clothes.
You know, in case you were wondering - the person whose calls you always take? That's the relationship you're in. I hope you two are very happy together.
You sold your soul to the devil when you put on your first pair of Jimmy Choo's, I saw it.
I wouldn't care if you were out there pole-dancing all night, as long as you did it with a little integrity!
You used to make fun of the Runway girls, now you're one of them!
I called over there for a reference, left word with some snooty girl, next thing you know I got a fax from Miranda Priestly saying that of all the assistants she ever hired, you were by far her biggest disappointment. And if I don't hire you I'm an idiot. You must have done something right.
You have some very large shoes to fill. I hope you know that
Lucy has a memory problem that causes her to forget each day after it ends. When Henry falls for her, he finds he has to hatch a new scheme to make her fall for him… everyday.
I expected laughs from Sandler, and I got them.
I expected Barrymore to be adorable, and she was.
What I wasn’t expecting was for this movie to have so much heart. In one of the most romantic character situations ever, Sandler bears the task of wooing his love anew every single day. A great illustration of loving sacrifice and devotion.
Surprisingly beautiful story.
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Are you staring at me or her? 'Cause you're starting to freak me out.
I hardly know you.
- Actually sweetie, you're kind of dating him.
- Sorry I'm not better looking.
Can I ask you guys something? What's gonna happen down the line? Someday she's gonna wake up and look in the mirror and notice her face's aged 10 years overnight.
- You know something, Henry? I worry about that every day of my damn life.
Can I have one last first kiss?
The Beach Boys? How nice of that man to give me a CD that will remind me of all the wonderful times I shared with his daughter. What an asshole! WHY would you do this to me?
So every day you help her to realize what happened and you wait patiently for her to be okay with it... then you get her to fall in love with you again?
- Yes, ma'am.
I don't know who you are, Henry... but I dream about you almost every night. …Why?
- What would you say if I told you that notebook you read every day used to have a lot of stuff about me in it?
I would say that that makes a lot of sense.
- You erased me from your memories because you thought you were holding me back from having a full and happy life. But you made a mistake. Being with you is the only way I could have a full and happy life. You're the girl of my dreams... and apparently, I'm the man of yours.
Henry. It's nice to meet you.
- Lucy, it's nice to meet you too
Key Elements: Story – Visuals – Message – Concept – Music
My Review:
This movie recently won Golden Globes for Best Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Director and Best Motion Picture – Drama. I watched this at an art-house theater and can definitely say it deserved them all. I continue to be completely amazed by Danny Boyle's brilliant film-making.
Based on the book, Q and A, by Vikas Awarup, the story tells of how a boy’s life experiences have equipped him with the answers to a trivia game show. As the movie explains these answers, we get to see his life unfold. Brilliant visuals and moving music make for a stunning film, but it’s the story that really blows you away. I was pleasantly surprised when, in the end, it turned out to be a love story.
I’ve had some exposure to Bollywood and thoroughly enjoyed the similarities. From the random switching between English and Hindi, to the head-wagging yeses, to the inexplicable dance sequence, this movie pays tribute to it’s influences.
But I also loved that there was no sex scene in it. The makers of this movie opted to instead show some class and creativity and just allow a good story to be told. Way to go guys.
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You think I don’t wake up every morning wishing I didn’t know the answer to that question?
Steel balls is what it takes, my friend, steel balls
I wasn’t expecting much when I went to this movie, but I enjoyed it. There’s some stuff in it I could have done without, but ultimately, I was pumped by the message
A guy accepts a challenge to embrace every opportunity that comes his way, and we get to see how this challenge changes his life.
The idea is that there’s a lot to enjoy in life if we just let ourselves. If we ignore our fears and stop our posturing, a lot of good things can happen. This movie encourages us to be ourselves no matter what, and to optimistically make the most of every day.
It was surprisingly inspiring.
Zooey Deschanel is also crazy cute.
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The world's a playground. You know that when you are a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
