Monday, February 20, 2023

Movie #2189 ........................."How Do You Measure a Year?" (theatre)

 Movie #2189 "How Do You Measure a Year?"  - well, this was cute and it had some poignant moments  - it is a short documentary that a father puts together full of questions and answers of his daughter on her birthdays from age 2 to age 17.  The poignancy is in bits and pieces, and there are some cute and sometimes laughable moments.  But what I thought it was lacking was a significance --- the biggest one I saw is that she is going off to college and they have a short goodbye scene.   That was a very private, albeit universal moment and then it ended.  I liked this, and it was cute and universal in some moments, but it doesn't seem to have  as significant of a theme as the others, or what you'd expect in a film that  would be nominated for an academy award ,  I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5

"HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR?"  2021     29 mins

From the time she was two-years-old and until she turned 18, they had a ritual:  Dad asked (and filmed), and Ella answered.  What do you dream about?  What scares you?  What do you think about our relationship?  This is a little story about growing up and the love between father and daughter.

Director:  Jay Rosenblatt

Actors:  Ella Rosenblatt

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