Step Away... Very Far and Very Fast Stepford Wives, 2004 My god, what hath they wrought? The remake of the 1975 classic movie is a complete waste of time and writing about it is even more of one. But... here we are anyway. Nicole Kidman, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler... okay, … [Read more...]
Stateside (2004)
Mad Love Stateside, 2004 Warning: This review contains clips with very bad words. You're not going to watch this movie and I'm here to tell you that you probably shouldn't watch this movie. But I watched this movie. A movie, supposedly, "based on a true story," although from everything I've read "based on" is … [Read more...]
Auntie Mame (1958)
Auntie Awesome Auntie Mame, 1958 I love this movie. My wife loves this movie. If you don't at least like this movie, you are dead inside. And while it's only peripherally a "Connecticut movie," it's "Connecticutness" is enough to warrant a page on this website. It's a long movie with many twists and turns. … [Read more...]
The Ref (1994)
"Mary, Gag Your Grandma" The Ref, 1994 It's a Christmas movie! It's a Connecticut movie! It's a Christmas in Connecticut movie! About... sports? No. "The Ref" has nothing at all to do with athletics unless you include hopeless family infighting as sport. And the family featured here certainly does their best to … [Read more...]
PCU (1994)
So True PCU, 1994 I love this movie. Now, that's not to say this is a good movie. It's a totally stupid movie. But I love it anyway. Why? Because I sort of lived through everything in PCU. Let me explain. I went to UConn from 1991-1995. My high school girlfriend went to Wesleyan at the same time. We lasted as a … [Read more...]
Outside Providence (1999)
FARrelly Outside Outside Providence, 1999 I don't think it will come as a surprise for you to learn that I don't exactly visit/hike/watch or whatever something for this website and immediately sit down to write about it. Not even close. I can usually get away with it, but sometimes, like now, I have to come … [Read more...]
Another Earth (2011)
Another Connecticut Movie Another Earth, 2011 Ahhhh... after a slew of awful "Connecticut movies," I'm so happy to have watched an engaging, interesting, actually pretty good Connecticut movie! Finally. And the craziest thing about Another Earth, a relatively small release little movie, is that when I borrowed it … [Read more...]
The Devil’s Mercy (2007)
The Devil Made Me Watch It The Devil's Mercy, 2007 You may (rightly) ask yourselves if I hate myself. Why else, you wonder, do I keep suffering through these abysmal Connecticut movies? Well, I'm happy to tell you that I don't hate myself. Not even a little bit. But yes, I do hate some of the decisions I've made … [Read more...]
Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Holy Crap Grown Ups 2, 2013 I know. You have questions. And they are all valid. So I'll try to answer them. I listed this movie as a Connecticut movie because Wikipedia lists it as a "film set in Connecticut". Having suffered through it, there is no mention of the state and there are no identifiable Connecticut … [Read more...]
The Ice Storm (1997)
Cold The Ice Storm, 1997 My journey with The Ice Storm involves more Ice Storm than most people would ever want. I watched this movie when it was first available at Blockbuster in 1998 or so. It depressed me. Then I read the book by Rick Moody in 2019 and told myself that I was done with it. The book is brutal on … [Read more...]