Hey, it's included as a "twisted" Christmas mvie, so there must be somethin' to say about it!!! Anybody? Somebody?
Merry Christmas, ho, ho, ho
Little Elf Judy: Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing.
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I just finished watching this film. I liked it. It has something to say. The movie is moving and wonderful!... Mia Farrow gives a fine performance as always!...
shareVery strange, but I like this one, too. Mia Farrow is excellent as is the whole cast.
shareThanks to it's recent DVD release, I was able to catch up again with this beautiful movie. I had seen it twice before a few years ago, and I'd liked it without fully realising what it was about or why it kept drawing me to it. This is one of those great movies that reveal themselves slowly - each viewing brings new details and layers to light.
My reading of the film: Essentially, I suppose, the film deals with our imagination's ability to heal our minds (and souls), recreating, restructuring past traumas via the sub-conscious to reveal the truths whose denial, in part, may have contributed to causing those traumas; and, finally, offering us the opportunity to redeem and forgive ourselves by following it's (sub-conscious) lead to create for ourselves, "if only in [our] dreams", a scenario wherein we are able to set our wrongs right, and find the forgiveness that alone enables us to continue to lead our lives with even a semblance of happiness.
If Christmas is a time of reconciliation and peace, then RECKLESS, the story of one person's search to find these things within herself, is truly a Christmas classic.
I have something to say... Watch the play! ;) oh no... too late now but seriously... Mary Louise Parker was a million times better than poor Mia Farrow and made the whole story come alive.
For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco
My first role in college theater was as Rachel. Although I would like to think so, I don't think I could EVER do Mary Louis Parker up.
Can you bring me my chapstick?
I was just in a production of Reckless and played the first therapist Rachel sees. It's interesting that the movie has the character played by a woman. I was directed to play the character as a bi-polar German, which is slightly different than the movie. Good play.
shareThe parts of the therapists were devided up between 2 ladies when I did it. They alternated, Spring would do a doctor, then Malaysa would do one. It has been about 6 years, so I forget which one was which, but they played the doctors well. One was an imitation of William Shatner. One was all hippy that reinacted the journey from "conception to inception" during her monolouge.
I may not be popular, but given the chance, I plan on putting out something fierce.
You have it on DVD?!
Where did you get it?
I was in this play 2 yrs ago. Fricking BORING!!! I had 3 roles: TV annoucer ("And in other news, and Albanian woman fled across the border into Yugoslavia where it is said she gave brith to a 2 headed child yesterday..."), the fifth Dr, ("Say, 'I am a decent human being.' Say, 'I deserve to be loved.'") and the receptionest to brings Tom Jr. in at the end.
The lady playing Rachel was good, and the guy playing Tom/Tom Jr., and our 4th dr rocked (the "birth scream" dr, lol), but this play is so BORING. It's not that funny, it's not that scary; it's just boring. I'm not impressed with the entire, "finding yourself" crap everyone goes around screaming about.
Jack
When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land...
–Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1776
i cannot believe they categorized it the way they did...i thought it was more of a dark comedy.
that movie was just f'n hilarious.
pain makes the hunger go away