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Sludge 
"Charlie Don't Serf!"
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demonic 
"Cinemaniac"
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 Posted - 01/07/2014 : 08:26:37
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/07/2014 : 12:44:07
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Originally posted by demon14c
Trailer is good isn't it? I've been rather put off by the lukewarm reviews, but I may well catch it. There's is very little of interest opening in NY this week.
Well, it is a bit meh - especially compared with the Danny Kaye version. But neither has, imho, captured the wit of Thurber's original tale. A good read!
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benj clews 
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Posted - 01/08/2014 : 13:19:39
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Not seen the Danny Kaye version but this film was enjoyable and heart-warming enough I thought.
I do take umbridge with some reviewers comparing it with Forrest Gump however. Whilst they're both uplifting films, the scale of the two films really don't compare- Gump was an epic romp through recent US history whereas Mitty seemed more like a long damp weekend in Greenland. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/08/2014 : 14:09:01
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Originally posted by benj clews
Gump was an epic romp through recent US history whereas Mitty seemed more like a long damp weekend in Greenland.
 Gump/Mitty about as similar as rocks and socks!
If you want heart-warming, though - you could do worse than Dan Hartley's Lad: A Yorkshire Story - which seems to have been inexplicably overlooked by the BAFTA bunch. Hey ho!
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