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kriadydragon) wrote2011-01-08 09:41 pm
kriadydragon) wrote2011-01-08 09:41 pm
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Movie Review - Change of Plans
D'aaaaw! Adorable! Oh, and the show was cute, too ;)
Well I was pleasantly surprised. I'll admit I gave the show a chance because of Joe, but I had expected to cringe quite a bit because made-for-TV family movies tend to be... er... unpleasant viewing, especially movies about families. I'm not a fan of characters with kids because more often than not - to me at least - the kids tend to be bratty, whiny, selfish, stupid and completely difficult to sympathize with.
But I really liked the kids in this movie. They were kids going through an actual trauma and trying to get through it, not kids looking for trauma as a reason to be self-pitying. It was actually easy to sympathize with these kids, and though the movie was predictable in some parts, it was all together still pretty dang good. There were actually a few times I got all misty-eyed.
And Joe, good old Joe, still his hot self :D He works great with kids. Very natural and easy going with them, which made it hard to buy that he was supposed to be an inexperienced new parent;) Not a bad thing, though, as too much parental bumbling would have been just as cringe-worthy as self-centered kids.
I have it DVR'd, so may give it another watch later on.
Well I was pleasantly surprised. I'll admit I gave the show a chance because of Joe, but I had expected to cringe quite a bit because made-for-TV family movies tend to be... er... unpleasant viewing, especially movies about families. I'm not a fan of characters with kids because more often than not - to me at least - the kids tend to be bratty, whiny, selfish, stupid and completely difficult to sympathize with.
But I really liked the kids in this movie. They were kids going through an actual trauma and trying to get through it, not kids looking for trauma as a reason to be self-pitying. It was actually easy to sympathize with these kids, and though the movie was predictable in some parts, it was all together still pretty dang good. There were actually a few times I got all misty-eyed.
And Joe, good old Joe, still his hot self :D He works great with kids. Very natural and easy going with them, which made it hard to buy that he was supposed to be an inexperienced new parent;) Not a bad thing, though, as too much parental bumbling would have been just as cringe-worthy as self-centered kids.
I have it DVR'd, so may give it another watch later on.
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Although, for me, I found the fluff a lot more tolerable than other fluffy family movies I've seen. I'm not sure why. I guess because between fluff and drama, when it comes to made-for-tv family movies I lean more toward the fluff. The drama is usually where you end up with the self-centered kids, dumb parents and a lot of cringe-worthy moments. This movie did rely on a lot of cliche tropes (kids thinking the foster parents don't want them), but rather toned down IMO, making it easier to enjoy.
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