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

[beckys91.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed it, but warned my husband off, lol. I knew in advance that it would be a sappy, feel-good movie, which I love and he ... um ... doesn't. I loved the scenes with Jason & the boys, the scene with Sally and Jordan in her bedroom on her birthday got to me, and I even liked the music.

Re comments about Brooke's acting, this is her very first time ever aside of a role in high school, no lessons, no nothing, so I think she did pretty well. Not that it was perfect, but if she can do that well given her (lack of) experience, she'd probably come up to speed pretty fast.

Joe was fantastic, particularly when he didn't have many lines. His body language and his face when he was playing that game with Jordan added so much to the scene. Same when Jason & Sally were in bed and "discussing" their change of heart. So much said with no words, and I have no doubt it was due to JF's skill. Brooke was darn lucky they paired her with someone so good.

Funny, the one false note I found in the whole thing was the romantic relationship between Sally and Jason. C'mon, a kiss with him is just a peck on the lips??? Fine for the kids in the audience, but I totally didn't find THAT believable!

Becky

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Re comments about Brooke's acting, this is her very first time ever aside of a role in high school, no lessons, no nothing, so I think she did pretty well.

Very true. I have seen way worse acting than Brooke's, some of that worse acting by professionals.

C'mon, a kiss with him is just a peck on the lips??? Fine for the kids in the audience, but I totally didn't find THAT believable!

Heh, well, I think this is a matter of eye-of-the-beholder. I know quite a few people whose kisses are nothing more than pecks on the lips. More passionate kisses would have been a bit over the top to me ;)

[beckys91.livejournal.com]

"Heh, well, I think this is a matter of eye-of-the-beholder. I know quite a few people whose kisses are nothing more than pecks on the lips. More passionate kisses would have been a bit over the top to me ;)"

I should have put "joke" at the end of that. It's really just a comment on His Hotness. ;^)

Becky
(sorry for the double post - I'm having trouble with LJ)