Friday, June 1, 2012

"The Hide Away" - Stay Away

While waiting for the film, "The Hide Away," to start with only 2 others in the theatre, a woman came in & asked loudly, "Is this for The Hide Away?"  Yes, I said, figuring besides being old maybe she wasn't sure with just 3 people in the theatre.  (This was an augur for poor sailing ahead.)  After the trailers, the feature film commenced without audio which lent itself a serene aura for this isolated harbor setting, but when the actors started talking with no sound, I got up to notify an usher.  A man came in shortly after to apologize & tell us they would restart the film.  "I don't want to see the trailers again!" shrieked the woman in her  obnoxious voice.  I voted her off our Island.  The stars of this quiet film are Oscar Nom. James Cromwell, Israeli Oscar Nom. Ayelet Zurer and Josh Lucas, a dead ringer for Oscar winner, Paul Newman.  The movie goes no where fast as does the dilapidated boat that Lucas spends a year repairing while grieving and atoning for the deaths of his wife, son & daughter.  The soulful tag line from the movie is, "What are the two best days of a sailor's life? The day he buys his boat and the day he sells it."  I have much better line from a much better film, "We're gonna need a bigger boat." And, you don't need to see this sinker, I mean stinker.

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