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Release Date: 03 February, 2004 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $8.99 You SAVE: $0.99! Cast: Complete Cast (14 total) |
Three Wishes Reviews
Great film
I've watched this several times and have thoroughly enjoyed it every time.
I especially liked the behind the scenes story narration by director Coolidge, a second copy of the movie can be viewed with Coolidge's voice-over describing and explaining how the film was shot, backgrounds on the actors, sets and scenes- now THAT was a real cool bonus I haven't seen before.
Good movie with some downfalls
OK, to get things straight, the only reason i ever bought this movies was Joseph Mazzello's name on the front.
This actor, as always, gives a stunning performance, and is a reason u should view this movie. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio gives a good performance also a struggling single mother. The script starts really nice and promising,
with some intelligent thoughts combined with funny moments, however, by the time it ends you start wondering what's the point.
The end, in my opinion (although maybe i'm way too cynical and therefore subjective) is not satisfactory. It clearly addresses the child in you,
it's just that it address to the 4 years old child. This is after all a family movie, the one to watch with your kids in a nice cozy living room in the afternoon
when there is nothing else better to do. The problem is i'm not sure kids would really wanna go through the first half of the film (although u will) and by the time it reaches the end, addressing the child that was supposed to watch it, u suddenly feel dumb for even sticking with the whole story.
However, if u disregard the end and imagine Tom meeting and old Jack, this movie could be quite enjoyable.
The other problem is Patrick Swayze. Now, I haven't seen other movies he starred in, but here... Makes me wonder whether he's a good actor. Maybe he just wasn't for the part, because i can't sence chemistry between him and Ms. Mastrantonio, let alone with Joseph Mazzello (on which chemistry the film is supposed to rely upon). He just doesn't fit the part. But again, if you disregard this also, you draw something out of this film.
As I said it's worth buying just to have this in your Joseph Mazzello collection, because the ending scene, with 12 years old Tom riding the bicycle
where the main character departs, is heart-breaking. How a 12 year old child (supposing he was 12 then because it looks like that)
can pull that off is beyond me. I think we can expect great things from him. The kid that plays his brother is overall cute,
which is exactly what he's supposed to do throughout the film - make u feel sympathetic towards him, so no objection there.
And the third problem is the score. Quite frankly, the stupidest music i've ever heard. So as I said if you're a fan of Mr. Mazzello get this movie, if not, well then what r u waiting for, but start with something different like the Cure or Simon Birch. And if you are a fan of Mr. Swayze...I do have to ask why?
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