Sorry, this movie sucks

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Formulaic crapfest with a premise that borders on pedophilia has a cranky Freeman drink his way into the hearts of a family. This film makes a brain dead fanbase breathlessly approve of libtard Meathead Reiner's phoned-in direction.Change the soundtrack just slightly from "happy-happy" to "creepy-scary" and you'll have a different movie.In what Universe does a crippled black man who is cranky and drinks, befriend a white-bread single mom's entire family of girls?This would have been better as a horror story: Creepy old man befriends innocent children

What a beautiful and tender film. As a psychologist, I have recommended it to many of my patients. Of course, Morgan Freeman rarely appears in any film that isn't spectacular. Virginia Madsen is a wonderful actress, but I don't recall seeing her in anything since Dune, So it was fantastic seeing her back in action. This film deals with issues like substance abuse and depression in a way that is uplifting to all of us.

There is something nice about putting on a movie and never having the urge to skip and jump forward. If you want to feel good, wrap yourself up in a story like a warm, familiar blanket, and listen to the amazing tones that is the voice of Morgan Freeman, this is very pleasant way to spend a couple of hours.A man who has lived life and with the ability to describe it vividly finds himself spending the summer in temporary quarters...where he learns to heal, to recover, to influence, to teach, and to love again. The dialogue is spot on, and while Freeman can make a recitation of the phone book sound wonderful, the lines he delivers with that voice that was created by God himself (hey, I saw that movie, too) give this pic a great foundation to build upon. In the end, you can analyze the stuffings out of it, but it comes down to whether a movie makes you feel good and that it was time well spent. It does.

If this movie had been made back in the 1930's it would probably be remembered as a 'classic' today! But with today cynical movie going public, it most likely sunk without trace at the box office? I came across it on DVD when I was looking up films that Fred Willard had appeared in, having enjoyed him in 'Everybody Loves Raymond' and the short lived 'Back To You' TV series. As it turns out Fred isn't in this all that much, but as always, he's quirky and good, however, the off beat casting of Morgan Freeman as a disillusioned author of westerns who's taken to drink, and the gorgeous much under rated Virginia Madsen as his next door neighbour works a treat in this delightful, feel good little movie! In fact everyone in it is perfect casting, and all deliver the goods. No violence, no explosions, no foul language, no brats, no CGI, how refreshing, mind you, there is one gunshot, fired into the air! Now and again a little gem like this comes along just to remind us of better cinematic days gone by, if you haven't got a big smile on your face, and a warm feeling in your heart at the end of this movie, I'm afraid there's no hope for you!