Saturday, March 18, 2006

AT THE MOVIES: TWICE AROUND ——- by Steve Nadis

I saw Once Around once when it came out 15 years ago and then again last night. The Lasse Hallstrom film is a giddy love story and a fresh, original family drama (why don’t they make movies like that anymore?). The writing’s great, the performances are superb, and it’s set in Boston. (What more can you ask for?) Both Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfuss are outstanding in the lead roles. But Gena Rowlands and Danny Aiello are also first-rate, especially Aiello, who turns in one of the great supporting roles of all time. Give it a whirl. It’s definitely worth a second viewing–Twice Around, so to speak–or a first viewing if you haven’t seen it before, in which case let’s just call it what it is: “Once around. For the big guy!” as Aiello put it.
Posted by Snake at 13:51:46
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5 Responses to “AT THE MOVIES: TWICE AROUND ——- by Steve Nadis”

  1. DrMax says:
    March 18, 2006 at 2:32 pm

    I remember that one Snake. Isn’t that where Holly skates him around on the chair at the end? That’s one of those movies that sticks with you. And unlike Deuce Bigalow-Male Gigolo, in a good way.

  2. Snake says:
    March 19, 2006 at 1:09 pm

    Thanks doc, I haven’t yet seen any of the Deuce Bigalow oeuvre though I gather from what Rob Schneider says that the complex subtleties of those tales were evidently lost on the critics.

  3. ZARDOZ says:
    March 20, 2006 at 1:20 am

    ZARDOZ SAYS :

    AND we thought miss HOLLY was pretty hot

    yeah i remember … really put on a notch

    on my brainwave , also agree on MR DANNY AIELLO.

    thanks for todays stroll down memory lane

    ====== z ======

  4. Snake says:
    March 20, 2006 at 10:12 am

    Thank you, Z. Yeah, she was great–in all respects…

  5. Snake says:
    March 20, 2006 at 10:14 am

    Thank you, Z. Yeah, she was great–in all respects…

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