Starring John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, and William H. Macy
Direction and Script: Ben Lewin
Fran says:
I
was agreeably delighted with this film, which treats its intertwined
subjects of sex and spirituality with sympathy and honesty. What could
have been an uncomfortably squeamish 90 minutes of viewing was actually
an uplifting story about how human beings interconnect at many levels of
emotion, intellect, and ... well ... love.
The
script is based on the life of Mark O'Brien, a poet/writer who was
consigned by polio as a young boy to a life lived in an iron lung. His
story easily could have been a tear-jerker; but due to the poetry and
essays he wrote as he went through his university years and afterward,
we know that he did not indulge in pathetic self-pity - and neither does
the scriptwriter. Mark wanted to live life as fully as possible while
life remained; and this is the story of how he went about doing that.
The
performances were as uniformly fine as you would expect from these
three stars; and supporting roles were all tuned nicely to enhance the
main story.
I would caution that
this is a film for adults; and by that I mean anyone who has a sane and
mature attitude toward sex, spirituality, and human love.
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Helen Hunt naked
inspires shy sex, poetry
And John Hawkes? Oscar!
