Just got this off the netflix que.
I spend my adolescence in Minnesota. You couldn't be alive then and not know about Garrison Keillor or the show Prairie Home Companion.
It was full of sly nostalgic humor with lots of folksy music.
As a teen, I utterly despised it. it was every thing every suburban teen rebel stands against; good family entertainment.
And the movie is pretty much exactly the same.
Sly nostalgic humor with some adult content that will fly right over the heads of children. Although there are some good moments, especially around the line "I want people to remember me, not be told to remember me."
The piece is well written, but I feel is suffers from too much singing. Too many musical numbers really cut into the meat of this movie, and I feel it the themes it was dealing with were lessened because of it.
However, it's still a good film to watch with a family. Maybe even your own.
I spend my adolescence in Minnesota. You couldn't be alive then and not know about Garrison Keillor or the show Prairie Home Companion.
It was full of sly nostalgic humor with lots of folksy music.
As a teen, I utterly despised it. it was every thing every suburban teen rebel stands against; good family entertainment.
And the movie is pretty much exactly the same.
Sly nostalgic humor with some adult content that will fly right over the heads of children. Although there are some good moments, especially around the line "I want people to remember me, not be told to remember me."
The piece is well written, but I feel is suffers from too much singing. Too many musical numbers really cut into the meat of this movie, and I feel it the themes it was dealing with were lessened because of it.
However, it's still a good film to watch with a family. Maybe even your own.
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