Movie Review - Change of Plans

[kriadydragon]

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.

Comments

[padawan-aneiki.livejournal.com]

As I mentioned above in a reply to someone else's comment, while it was fluffy and 'sugar' and all that, there were some moments that hit close to home with our own adoption experience. Conversations and realizations, little moments that were like..."Yeah, I remember that." And it actually made me tear up in a couple places because of that.

While there could be arguments made against it for some of the reasons mentioned here, I personally enjoyed it anyway. Joe? Heck yes. But also because they talked about something I've been through, and something I believe more people should consider--adopting kids and giving them a good loving home. I was glad he took it on. :)

[rabidfan.livejournal.com]

Being an adoptive mom myself I found a lot of common ground with the film. I do think it could have been done with out all the sugar...but in all likelyhood the sugar is what the sponsers wanted the most!

My vote? It was harmless. So little in life is.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I think this is the kind of movie that either hits enough buttons to make it enjoyable, or hits no buttons at all. I'm not a big fan of fluff, but there were quite a few things about this movie that I liked - Joe, of course;) and as I've mentioned several times that the kids weren't obnoxious, and that the characters were competent, and there were quite a few moments that I thought were cute. So though overall the sweetness was a bit too sweet, I still managed to really enjoy it.