Good movie about dreams

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2003)

Okay, I know this movie goes off the sentimentality, sappy, manipulation chart, and I should be ashamed to be a big 51 year old man fighting the tears when I watch it by myself on my big screen TV down in the basement, but -- well, sue me -- I like this movie. As someone once said, what is happiness but your dreams? Those of us who are a little older may reflect on the unrealized dreams of our youth, but although some of those dreams went unrealized, some of life's events still turned out to be a lot richer than we would have ever expected. The look on Glenne Headley's Iris as she comes to grips with who "Rowena" is (see the movie and remember her look) gave me chills. When Glenn Holland later says "I love you" and she says "I know" -- now that's a realized dream that beats being on stage at Carnegie Hall. Relax, don't be too critical and enjoy. I give it an 8.9 out of 10.