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"I wish, for just one day,
Dad couldn't tell a lie."
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Jim
Carrey is
Fletcher Reede |
Maura
Tierney is
Audrey Reede |
WHO'S IN THE MOVIE
Jim Carrey - Fletcher Reede
Maura Tierney - Audrey Reede
Justin Cooper - Max Reede
Jennifer Tilly - Samantha Cole
Swoosie Kurtz - Dana Appleton
Amanda Donohoe - Miranda
Directed by - Tom Shadyac
Rating - PG
Length - 86 Minutes
At the beginning of this movie we see Max Reed at school.
His teacher is asking the class what his father does for a living. Max tells
the teacher that his father is a liar. The teacher looks confused but then realises
that Max means "Lawyer". Max just shrugs his
shoulders...Liar...Lawyer...they are both the same to Max. Why, because his father,
Fletcher Reed may be a Lawyer but he's also a liar!
Max loves his father but has learnt to live with disappointment.
His father, Fletcher (Jim Carrey) is a hot shot lawyer who is very good at his job.
The reason that he's so good however, is because he is able to lie very well.
The problem is that Fletcher seems to lie both in and out of the courtroom.
He is forever making promises to his son but always failing to keep them. When he
promises to go to Max's 
birthday
party and fails (once again) to show up, Max makes a birthday wish while he blows out the
candles
"I wish, for just one day, Dad couldn't
tell a lie."
Well, the wish comes true and now Fletcher can't
tell a single lie for one whole day. He can't even write down a lie.
Fletcher and Max's mum Audrey are divorced. She is
fed up with all the promises that Fletcher makes and breaks to Max and decides that she
will marry her boyfriend and take Max to live in Boston. Fletcher now realises that
all the time Max has been around, he's been able to see him anytime he wanted to but
instead of spending time with his son he was always making excuses for not turning up.
Now that he may lose him he realises just how much he loves him and how much he
needs Max.
I won't tell you any more about what happens...you will have to
rent the video but it's really worth watching. If you like Jim Carrey you will
really love this movie. Jim Carrey is brilliant as Fletcher. There are lots of
scenes that will have you rolling around laughing. My eight year old daughter
thought it was hilarious. Justin Cooper who plays Max is a wonderful young actor
and I think we'll be seeing him in a lot more movies.
At the end of this movie, when the credits are rolling
there are a whole heap of bloopers...keep watching for them, they are really funny.
Review by Lynn (Dream Weaver)
lmccorry@space.net.au
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Robin
Williams
is Alan Parish |
WHO'S IN THE MOVIE
Robin Williams - Alan Parish
Kirsten Dunst - Judy
Bonnie Hunt -
Bradley Pierce -
Jonathan Hyde
Directed by - Joe Johnston
Rating - PG
Length -
Alan Parish and his friend Sarah sit down to
play a board game called Jumanji. What they don't know at the time is that this is
more than just a board game...a lot more! Strange creatures start to emerge from the
game and chase Sarah away but Alan literally gets caught up in the game. He is
whisked away to the world of Jumanji where he is trapped for over twenty years.
Twenty six years later, after their parents are killed,
Judy and Peter go to live with their Aunt Nora. They find the game, roll the dice
and Alan is finally released. However Alan is not released alone. With him
come all the strange and dangerous creatures of Jumanji and now it is up to the three of
them, along with Alan's original partner Sarah, to replay the game of Jumanji and make
everything right again.
This movie is full of wonderful special effects
and some very funny scenes. The Alan who is released from Jumanji is now a grown man
however there are so many things he has missed out on, like growing up the normal way.
He has trouble shaving, he's never driven a car before and he still has all the
fears and emotions of a young boy.
All the characters play their parts well, but you just
can't go past Robin Williams when it comes to sheer brilliance. Watching him is a
delight. While there are a few "on the edge of your seat" scenes that very
young children may find a little scary, most kids will adore this fine movie and so will
their parents.
Review by Lynn (Dream Weaver)
lmccorry@space.net.au
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