The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
by Gregg Champion
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Actor: Dianne Wiest, George Newbern, Mary-Louise Parker, Sidney PoitierDirector: Gregg Champion
Brand: Lions Gate
Cinematographer: Gordon Lonsdale
Composer: Joseph Conlan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Movie Review: A simplistic feel-good story that makes excellent use of traditional themes.
Summary: 5 Stars
THE SIMPLE LIFE OF NOAH DEARBORN concerns an elderly carpenter with deep roots in a small town, located in Anywhere, U.S.A. In a nutshell, the carpenter (Sidney Poitier) has devoted his life to hand carpentry in the service of the townspeople for decades and decades, carving elegant doorframes, building chairs, carving wooden architectural cornices, and such. All this he does using hand tools, which he learned to use from his now-deceased Uncle Silas. Mr.Poitier is loved by the townsfolk for his skills in contributing to various woodworking projects, involving architectural accoutrements, park benches, and furniture. After setting the tone for this, and other characters, the plot thickens. A team of lawyers representing a shopping mall developer make plans to remove Mr.Poitier from his land. First, they offer him about $300,000. Then, they offer him about $600,000. Then the lawyers manage to have Mr.Poitier committed to a mental hospital. Then, they send a team of surveyors and bulldozers to the outskirts of Mr.Poitier's farm. (Don't worry, I won't give away any more of the plot.)
PERSECUTING NON-CONFORMISTS. This movie develops the theme of non-conformism, a conventional theme in Hollywood, and the issue of persucution of a non-conformist. Mr.Poitier is seen by the lawyers a non-conformist because of his unwillingness to develop any long-term relationship with other humans. But the Mr.Poitier's reluctance to take off time from his carpentry in order to develop a long-term relationship is carefully explained, in the movie, as resulting from his self-devised technique for avoiding pain from loss of his Uncle Silas. The theme of persecuting a non-conformist can be found in the Twilight Zone episode, THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET.
LOVE FOR ONE'S CRAFT. A noble theme throughout this movie is Mr.Poitier's devotion to the craft of carpentry. Any person out there in the audience possessing a technical skill, for example, in carpentry, engineering, chemistry, or computer science, will easily become emotionally emersed in this movie. SPIRIT OF ST.LOUIS featuring Jimmy Stewart (as Lindbergh) is another movie where the theme is a man's love for one's craft (aviation). AMADEUS featuring Tom Hulce (as Mozart) is yet another movie about a man's devotion to his craft (composition).
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS. Another overriding theme in THE SIMPLE LIFE OF NOAH DEARBORN is the team of lawyers representing the shopping mall. Threats from real estate developers is a recurring Hollywood theme, as most recently set forth in the PIXAR movie called, "UP," and a decade or so ago, in POLTERGIEST, starring Zelda Rubinstein as the spiritual medium. The theme of encroachment by real estate developers can also be found in the classic book for children, THE LITTLE HOUSE, by Virginia Lee Burton. Real estate developers is a fact of life that is a source of frequent litigation, as is abundantly evident in books on property law, found in the campus book store of any law school.
HOTTIE. Actress Mary-Louise is a young hottie, who is the heroine of the film. She is a physician, with training in psychiatry. Her interesting way of speaking and her interesting facial expressions will keep all viewers, both male and female, glued to the television screen throughout this movie. At first, she is the sweetie of one of the aggressive real estate lawyers. But then, allegiances change somewhat. FIVE STARS to this easy-to-understand movie. It is suitable even for little kids. There are no guns. There are no bad words. And thank gawd, there are NO COMPUTER GRAPHICS.
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