Movie #134 "Stolen Summer" I LOVED this movie! the cast is more than capable, esp. the two little boys, Bonnie Hunt is the mother and she's a stitch!, the whole catholic vs. jewish thing, the big family going to church on Sunday, the theme. BUT it's an example, to me, of a film that is misdirected. Who's the editor? Golly, cut the scenes sooner...........dialogue meanders, so the script isn't tight either. Uneven, a really great scene followed by a clunker.........whole scenes in here for nothing and the film is only 90 some minutes, so it needed better written scenes in places. But the heart of it is what sold the movie to me. It got me and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it ---- It re-reminded me what films should be doing every time you sit down to watch them. They should make you feel! Disclaimer: if you're a person who never wants to talk about religion, you shouldn't see this movie at all! But I found the subject matter refreshing.
Average rating: 3.448
I gave it 4 stars
Stolen Summer
(2002) PG
Directed by Pete Jones, this heart-tugging family drama follows the divine mission of Pete O'Malley (Adi Stein), an Irish-Catholic 8-year-old in Chicago who aims to get his terminally ill Jewish friend (Mike Weinberg) into heaven -- through religious conversion. The veteran adult cast includes Aidan Quinn as Pete's insular, disapproving father and Kevin Pollak as the genial, broadminded rabbi whose son is dying.
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