Inventing the Abbotts
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Movie Reviews of Inventing the Abbotts
Movie Review: Only next to "Stealing Home"
Summary: 5 Stars
Strange as it may sound, I only realized how much I loved this movie when I watched it for the second time. Probably because the first time I was too much focused on how pretty those girls were and which one of them was the sexiest -- I mean, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly and Joanna Going, not Pamela, Eleonor and Alice, respectively. Watching it the second time gave me a chance to really appreciate a very good screenplay (based on a great novel by Sue Miller and enhanced by a perfect narration by Michael Keaton) as well as the finest performance of pretty much the whole cast, especially Baker and Connelly. As for Liv Tyler, I personally prefer her acting in this movie than in the overrated "Stealing Beauty" which was filmed one year earlier. There's a bunch of memorable scenes and lines, but I think the best ones must be Jennifer Connelly's "hi Doug" and Kathy Baker's "'no matter what' kind of love".... All in all, "Inventing the Abbotts" deserves a high place in the library of coming-of-age movies. I would however recommend a somehow related (and maybe better) one -- "Stealing Home", with Mark Harmon and Jodie Foster.Movie Review: A rare acting school for young actors
Summary: 5 Stars
Few movies I've seen provide, 7 years after its making, a retrospective of great actors and actresses in the make. Just watch the movie and then fish for recent works with each of those young talents.From Crudup to Joaquin to Tyler to Going to Jenniffer Connelly - what we see in Inventing the Abbotts is an amazing set of performers reaching to stardoom. I believe the film should be classified as mandatory in acting schools.
For the rest, I believe this script is as close to reality as it can get. A small town, a wealthy family, a classic rich/poor idiosyncratic drama, false assumptions which could ruin lives, hard working single parents, young daughters struggling with the coming of age, ... all quite well integrated into a movie which is delightful to see and to call your attention for preemptive judgement.
Joanna Going, Liv Tyler and Jenniffer Connelly are absolutely remarkable and beautiful. Yet the prize goes to Joaquin, for his amazing performance.
Movie Review: The Invention of a Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie with passion. It has everything that a movie could possibly need it has romance, fighting, disease, death, and everything in between. Even though it is something like a soap opera it is still a beautiful story in my mind I mean when you have all those elements it is just a great movie. The story is that two families from different sides of the tracks romance each other. Doug (Joaquin Phoenix) and Pam (Liv Tyler) romance each other through the entire movie but they keep breaking up so we never know whether or not they will end up together in the end. Now Jacey (Billy Crudup) Doug's brother romances Elinor (Jennifer Connelly) and Alice (Joanna Going) and we never know if he will ever grow up. If I give away anymore information other than that it will completley ruin the movie for you so I recommend this to all people out there who are over the age of 14. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!!Movie Review: Thematically Brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
I admit, I haven't watched this movie recently (say, within the last 5 years), but it really struck a chord with me. This movie explores the theme of projection, i.e., seeing people as it is convenient to see them or as you want to see them, which may have very little to do with what they are really like.
John inculcates his runaway obsession about the Abbotts to his younger brother, Doug. Doug learns later to sift through John's inventive narrative and arrive at his own conclusions.
I read another review that praised this film as a "showcase for young talent." In my book, that comment seems very close to the mark. Liv Tyler and Joaquin Phoenix brilliantly portray the "class-crossed" lovers.
Movie Review: Inventing the Abbotts
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is set in the 1950s, Inventing the Abbotts is a dramatic look at the life of two boys from the wrong side of the tracks and their interaction with the three daughters of local aristocrat Lloyd Abbott. The boys, Jacey and Doug have only three things in common, their family, table tennis and chasing the Abbott sisters. An excellent movie with fine characterizations by all actors. A must-see for fans of drama and romance, who can be patient with plot development as long as the characters are strong. In the end it is worth it. An excellent, real-to-life drama in Smalltown USA.