Monday, July 26, 2010
SHOWCASE
Today's movie was the gentle and somehow more adult high school musical
Ever since Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland hollered "hey kids let's put on a show", they have been grinding out movies based on the same theme. The show, the loves, the new talents. Maybe a discovery.
This film is one of the latest of the genré and it is quite satisfying.
The geek kid is reminiscent of John Cusack at the same age. The girls are restrained. Not bombshells.
Lisa Kudrow is the mom and a good thing too.
Refreshingly, there is not one four letter word in this entire film. None of that stuff is missed.
The music is pretty good and the story is actually engaging as far as it goes.
No one is harmed in the making of this movie. I like that too.
I am a sucker for this kind of film. I see them all. Like Mickey and Judy and all the rest, there is a big piece of me that wants to put on a show. I got to do this for many years.
Now I can just sit back and enjoy the movie.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
Labels: films
