I had not heard of this movie. I had not seen a single preview for this movie. A buddy of mine let me borrow it, hyped it a little bit and left it I may or may not like it. This is probably one of the underrated movies of the year. Sure there are better movies, I'm just saying, this was a pleaseant surprise.
After glancing over the cover, personally, I did not expect that Adam Sandler could deliver a solid performance outside of comedy realm. Although his performance is in fact uneven at times, his co-star Don Cheadle is solid in his delivery of the decent New York dentist who in mid-life crisis seeking for his true purpose in life. There are funny and sad moments in this movie, all characters are carefully developed and one only wishes we could all have friends around us that are decent, loyal and caring, like the ones in this movie. That is what makes this feature almost fairy tale like - one does not expect people like that in NYC, so their humanity is very refreshing. Film is multilayered and it addresses the issues that we all face in our lives at one point: how do we deal with boredom, guilt, grief, depression? What is the best escape when repressing sadness and anger - atempt to reconnect with people who remind us of our youth and what we used to be, taking advanced photography lessons, or playing video games hours at the time... Marvelous casting, great music score picks, reality of NYC living with all its curiosity and drag at times.
Only qualm would be the slight 9/11 reference...but don't let it deter you, the film is deeper than that and doesn't rely on whether or not the towers were actually taken down by planes.
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You know good and well that planes weren't the cause of the towers falling.
And the movie does get it's title from a great song by The Who.
And the movie has a good cover of that song done by Pearl Jam.
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