Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Grand Canyon
- Who's watched: M & G
- Mentions: None
- Commentary: This is one of those subtle, quiet movies that I love and Mom endures. I've only watched it with her once. At the end of the movie she said, "Why did they go to the Grand Canyon?"
I started to explain in my best 'student of film' answer. A few sentences into my answer I noticed she was fidgeting and realized that she may have been thinking something eye catching was going to happen at the Grand Canyon, like in Thelma & Louise, but thought she'd missed it. So I asked her if that was the problem. Yep. "No," I said, "you didn't miss any of the movie. The Grand Canyon is a metaphor."
"Oh," she said, with that ironic side glance that tells me she's thinking, "This is one of those movies you have to work at. No thanks."
As a bonus, Gerardo Valero has written a consideration of this movie at the Ebert site that you should consider reading.
Final personal word, this movie continues to intrigue me. I probably watch it once a year.
Update 11/17/2021: This post was originally published February 6, 2005. It was one of the accidental deletions that occurred, which is covered in this post.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Danny Glover Simon Kevin Kline Mack Steve Martin Davis Mary McDonnell Claire Mary-Louise Parker Dee Alfre Woodard Jane Jeremy Sisto Roberto Tina Lifford Deborah
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1991
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan.
Labels: danny-glover, dramaC, kevin-kline, me-favorite4
