Tuesday, July 26, 2011
TWINS
Today's film was
Baseball star twins with an alcoholic father who barely qualify for the minors pursue their baseball dreams amid family melodrama.
Sounds alll made up, huh?
Actually, these twins made their own film with Ed Harris playing their father (superb) and many other great actors to tell their actual story. Wrote, directed and produced it.
And it is not obviously a shoestring picture but, if you think about it, it really is.
And very well told.
Sometimes the amateurism of it comes through but somehow that adds to the poignancy and pain involved in the family's life and in the relationship between the twins.
These guys are good. Of course, they are playing themselves. But that is not such an easy feat.
This was a big festival favorite. I liked the film a lot. There are a lot of teary moments, well played. The baseball stuff does not require a lot of knowledge or that you be a fan boy.
Good.
I will give this one a 3 out of Netflix5.
