I went to see this movie despite a poor review in the local paper because the previews I saw contained some of the most beautiful and remarkable photography I had ever seen. As it turns out, this is really two movies, one inside the other. The "outer" movie is a forgettable Hallmark Hall of Fame type drama about a Hollywood stuntman who has lost his girl and wants to commit suicide. He regains a will to live because of the affection of a young girl. Obvious and uninteresting.
The "inner" movie is quite otherwise, however. The stuntman, in the hospital with the young girl, tells her a story that she visualizes using people in her own life (yes, just like the Wizard of Oz). Her visualizations are both gorgeous, with astounding and vibrant color, and wildly imaginative, producing images worthy of a great surrealist painter.
The team who produced the visualization sequences should be gathered back together to make a full-length feature film containing more of the same. The writers who produced the script for this movie should be banned from further participation in film. If ever there were a film that would be better with the sound off, this is it.
The "inner" movie is quite otherwise, however. The stuntman, in the hospital with the young girl, tells her a story that she visualizes using people in her own life (yes, just like the Wizard of Oz). Her visualizations are both gorgeous, with astounding and vibrant color, and wildly imaginative, producing images worthy of a great surrealist painter.
The team who produced the visualization sequences should be gathered back together to make a full-length feature film containing more of the same. The writers who produced the script for this movie should be banned from further participation in film. If ever there were a film that would be better with the sound off, this is it.