Exceptional, Many Things Directors Need to Look at Today

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 1999)

I just saw this exceptional film again, and I remembered why it touched me so much the first few times that I saw it. In an age where Adam Sandler films are the big box office draws, and Jim Carrey movies are studied for artistic merit, this small film is an example of what Hollywood needs to target. Directors often get wrapped up in elaborate technology, but forget that plot is the driving mechanism in all film and literature. I relate this film in some ways to another great Robin Williams movie, "Good Will Hunting." Both movies show that audiences still can be touched with intelligent and marked references to classic literature, and the themes contained in the work of anyone from Shakespeare to Cummings can be transferred to a modern audience. Although I am off the point of this movie in among itself, my point on a larger scale is that Hollywood needs more pointed, smart, touching films. I would rather indulge in a repeat viewing of a movie like "Dead Poets" as opposed to seeing what "new spin" has been added to the dead romantic comedy category. To conclude, my basic point is... if you are a young teenager, and haven't had the opportunity to be exposed to the arts world, and sometimes feel you are being held down by the system, then give this film a viewing. You will be glad you did.