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A widowed man's life turns upside down when he embarks on a journey to find a dying man's long lost love.A widowed man's life turns upside down when he embarks on a journey to find a dying man's long lost love.A widowed man's life turns upside down when he embarks on a journey to find a dying man's long lost love.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Michael Bower
- Tommy Tanksley
- (as Michael Ray Bower)
Josh Horowitz
- Kenny Dulin
- (as Joshua Horowitz)
Philip Perlman
- Civil Defense Man
- (as Phil Perlman)
Karlyn Michelson
- Lucy
- (as Karlyn Hayley Michelson)
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Did you know
- TriviaElden Henson played two parts in this film, one being Samson, the other as young Steve Mills. The flashbacks are from a 1990 short film of the same name and Elden played the role of Steve as a 12 year old boy.
- GoofsWhen practicing the waltz, one boy counts off 1-2-3-4. The waltz is a three count.
- Quotes
Marienne Hotchkiss: Dance is a very powerful drug Mr. Keane. If embraced judiciously, it can exorcise demons, access deep seated emotions and color your life in joyous shades of brilliant magenta that you never knew existed. But, one must shoulder its challenges with intrepid countenance if one is ever to reap its rewards.
- ConnectionsEdited from Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990)
- SoundtracksOver the Rainbow
Written by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg
Courtesy of EMI Feist Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP)
Performed by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (as Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole)
Courtesy of Big Boy Record Company/The Mountain Apple Company, Hawaii
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John Goodman is wonderful here. Even though his character is seriously injured and near death, Steve just keeps on telling his story and his mind seems clear, despite all that is going on. Steve even cares about Frank, as bad a shape as he's in! Of course, when he is narrating and we see something else, he sounds perfectly normal. He tells the story two different times, though, and the other time we see at the very beginning of the movie. We just don't get to see that much.
I know Robert Carlyle mainly is a crafty and sometimes gleeful villain, and I'm quite used to seeing him go back and forth between the present day and an earlier life, which is what this movie does a lot. Here, there is one scene that hints at his future, but mostly he is a kind and caring man who also shows he hasn't gotten over his late wife. It's a different side of him, certainly, though he had not played the villain yet.
The scenes with kids are fun and just edgy enough, with the humorous attempts to be "proper".
I've seen Mary Steenburgen in so many great roles. She's kind of flat here a lot of the time, trying so hard to be proper, but she gets an attitude change later. It's still a good performance because that's just how the character is. And she is a wonderful dancer.
Marisa Tomei is quite likable and someone I can support as a potential romantic interest, quite a contrast somehow to a role of hers I saw earlier.
I'm not familiar with Donnie Wahlberg though I've heard of him. He's mostly your typical bully but has a vulnerable side.
A couple of other actors have only a few lines, but they are well known and do quite well. Danny DeVito was Steve's cellmate in prison.
And Octavia Spencer has one line. But she does it so well it's clear she will go on to be highly regarded.
The best thing about the movie for me was the music. No, they're not the original versions of the songs in most case, but the sound of the big band era is back, baby! This movie swings!
But of course not everything here is positive. Not everything will work out the way we would hope and yet some endings are happy.
I had a good time. Mostly.
I know Robert Carlyle mainly is a crafty and sometimes gleeful villain, and I'm quite used to seeing him go back and forth between the present day and an earlier life, which is what this movie does a lot. Here, there is one scene that hints at his future, but mostly he is a kind and caring man who also shows he hasn't gotten over his late wife. It's a different side of him, certainly, though he had not played the villain yet.
The scenes with kids are fun and just edgy enough, with the humorous attempts to be "proper".
I've seen Mary Steenburgen in so many great roles. She's kind of flat here a lot of the time, trying so hard to be proper, but she gets an attitude change later. It's still a good performance because that's just how the character is. And she is a wonderful dancer.
Marisa Tomei is quite likable and someone I can support as a potential romantic interest, quite a contrast somehow to a role of hers I saw earlier.
I'm not familiar with Donnie Wahlberg though I've heard of him. He's mostly your typical bully but has a vulnerable side.
A couple of other actors have only a few lines, but they are well known and do quite well. Danny DeVito was Steve's cellmate in prison.
And Octavia Spencer has one line. But she does it so well it's clear she will go on to be highly regarded.
The best thing about the movie for me was the music. No, they're not the original versions of the songs in most case, but the sound of the big band era is back, baby! This movie swings!
But of course not everything here is positive. Not everything will work out the way we would hope and yet some endings are happy.
I had a good time. Mostly.
- vchimpanzee
- Mar 6, 2021
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $349,132
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $92,668
- Apr 2, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $410,602
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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