Sunday, November 23, 2008
GIVE ME YOUR TIRED YOUR POOR EXCEPT FOR THOSE BROWN PEOPLE
Today's movie was
starring the well known character actor Richard Jenkins.
A simply complex story about how a washed out and washed up global economics college prof gets involved with a small family of illegal immigrants and learns what is really up. He also finds himself.
There are three or four plots going on in here and the richness of the film itself is admirable. There are tears and anxiety as the immigrants trace their way through or almost through the system.
Same for the prof who traces his way through his own defenses.
I read the reviews and wanted to see this. I was richly rewarded. It is a sobering piece of work with many heartwarming and funny moments.
I would like to watch the backgrounds more the next time around. There is always something. A flag, the Statue of Liberty, a desert scene on a computer (the prof) and so on.
And the drumming. The main immiguy is a drummer. African. Very good.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5.
