Writer(s)- Chris Provenzano, C. Gaby Mitchell, Scott Seeke
Starring- Robert Duball, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Bill Cobbs, Gerald McRaney
Critics Review- "Eccentric and ultimately touching."- Tom Long "Detroit News"
Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 86 % Audience- 73%
Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars
My Review-
This movie is loosely based on what an actual person wanted. I wish I would have known the whole story about the person that actually wanted this, but going away from that this was a really good movie. Despite it being a little slow at times everyone in this movie acted really well and made you feel for their characters especially Robert Duvall, now I have only seen a handful of movies with him in them; The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, A Family Thing, Deep Impact, and We Own the Night, and next too all of those Godfather and this one have to be my favorite. Since he was the main character in this movie all eyes were on him even if Murray and Black had some memorable moments in the film, without Duvall I believe the film would not have been that good. The story for this movie was really interesting; a man wanting to hold a funeral for himself while he was still alive. It got me right as I saw the preview, and it seems like we do not get many movies now a days that are sort of westerns like this one. Along with the story was also a semi mystery about Duvall's character Felix; and at the end as an audience we see why he had the whole funeral party in the first place, and one of the reasons why he did it was so that everyone can hear it from him and if he could not the only man that he ever told it too. The mystery was a 40 year old incident that Duvall kept hidden from everyone, and Duvall played the part very well about a man holding a 40 year old secret even if it kept certain people away. This was a really well acted my movie from everyone, I was surprised it did not get nominated for some awards during awards season when it was released. At times the movie was a little to slow for me and it could have been a little faster, and I thought certain scenes did not need to be in the film, because I thought it did nothing to move the story along. Despite that one minor flaw, I highly recommend watching this movie. Robert Duvall gives an amazing performance, and it is a well thought story for being loosely based on a actual event, its worth the sit down.
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