Showing posts with label Robin Williams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robin Williams. Show all posts

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Family Comedy: Old Dogs- 2009


Middle aged, successful businessman Dan is suddenly surprised to find out that he is the father of seven year old twins. When a situation arises leaving him, and his thirty year business partner "uncle Charlie" the only people available to watch the kids for two weeks, it leaves him little time to learn how to be a dad.


Grade: C+


This was a cute family movie, that actually had it's "laugh out loud" moments. Robin Williams and John Travolta make a somewhat "odd couple" duo, and Seth Green adds to this strange little gang. This movie was full of cameos by a ton of funny actors, making it all the more enjoyable. This was not some sort of deeply sophisticated movie, just a nice, lighthearted family flick that's sure to make your kids laugh!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Drama/Tearjerker: Awakenings- 1990


Based on a true story, this movie is full of emotion. In it, Dr.Sayer, played by Robin Williams, uses a newly discovered Parkinson's drug to bring back 15 patients in his chronic neurology ward from vegetative states, most of whom had been in them for more than 25 years.


Grade: B+


This was SUCH a tearjerker!! Can you imagine? Being gone for more than 25 years, from age 11, only to wake up as an adult? The idea of it seems horrible, but at the same time, absolutely amazing that one person did not want to take that as a final answer, and wanted to try to do something to better these people's lives. The acting in it was amazing, Robin Williams did a wonderful job, as usual (I'm a huge fan) and Robert De Niro was AWESOME, I mean, he plays this part brilliantly, and REALLY gets you into the story. He had me crying off and on the entire movie. Wonderful!