When I saw the movie poster for Grace is Gone on Cinematical, I immediately thought that The Weinstein Co used a quote from my Sundance review. I quickly realized that NY Post and Richard Roeper were the names under the quotes. The following quote did run in the review I posted last January:
“Cusack is brilliant. This is his best performance in years.”
Isn’t that funny?
The movie follows a recently-widowed father and his two daughters on a road trip to DisneyWorld-like theme park. John Cusack plays a father who is unable to tell his daughters about their Mother’s death in Iraq. And the knowledge of what the children don’t know hangs silently behind every scene. It’s a heart-wrenching film which has some relevant political undertones. In my mini-Sundance Review, I said that it was Cusack’s “best performance in years.” Some people have compared this to Little Miss Sunshine in the fact that it’s another little indie that will probably gain award recognition come early next year. Clint Eastwood liked it so much that he even agreed to score the film.
August 14th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
You got to be kidding. You are the only one who says typical movie reviewer phrases like that?
August 14th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Kestrel,
I know the two quotes are very typical (also the fact that it probably is Cusak’s best performance in a while probably has something to do with it), but I just thought it was funny that they picked not just one, but two quotes that said almost the exact same thing that I did.
August 14th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Yep. Pretty funny.
August 14th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Just to let you know, disneyland is in California. DisneyWorld is in florida. =]
August 14th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Good point.
August 15th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
It seems I’ve read about this movie before. Is this the movie that’s based on real events? I think the family was from Kentucky. Maybe the filmmaker is. Help clear up my memory. Either way, from what I’ve read about it, I’m sure I’ll see this one.