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"Uncle Buck" on Sky Modern Greats now, John Candy was in some great films

Watched this film "New York I Love You" released in 2009 had a good cast for an indie film

Was alright. Found out they also did a French one "Paris, Je T'Aime", makes me wonder what if a London one was done hmmm.

paris one was miles better than the new york one.

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Not going to lie, this film looks like it could be entertaining. Typical English bullshit, but entertaining nonetheless. They filmed some of this in my estate as well. Did not remember seeing anyone filming anything for like 4 years in the bits.
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Anyone who wants to watch an Italian coming of age epic (6 hours long)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=przh1h18tuY&feature=BFa&list=PL67CBD3C1AFDA00F4&lf=results_main

Review here;

It's hard not to feel like an "easy" grader to give this film a 10, given that it is the very simple story of a family over 4 decades, no quirky writing or the eccentricities of "indie" films - just beautiful scenery, characters that move us and that we care about, and a sweet and believable story. The acting is excellent.

To say this is a miniseries is misleading and adds the impression of a "cheese" factor that is not present. There is a reason that this film has been taken from the small screen and released in theaters - I didn't even know it had been a miniseries until I read some of the comments here.

The story is simple but it is not trite; we may not have a huge number of surprises and no amazing plot twists and contortions but it is an emotional, moving, satisfying story.

The most moving part of the story is the love and connectedness between the characters, and how this is expressed - here in the U.S. physical display of platonic affection is virtually non-existent, unless you count athletes hitting each other on the rear. You can tell these characters really care for each other.

I sat for the second three hours today with people who sat through the first three hours with me yesterday. Some yesterday just got back in line for part 2. There was a line waiting to get in today - all people who had seen part 1 already.

Saying this movie is like Zelig as someone here did is false and insulting. We couldn't tell a story about a U.S. family that spans the 60's to the present without mentioning Viet Nam or Watergate or 9/11, so this story of course mentions events internal to Italy during that time. The historical events are a backdrop to the story, not the story itself.

The story is about this family, and we care about what happens to them. We become engaged, we sit and watch and laugh and cry with them. That's what movies are supposed to do.

It's the kind of film where I wouldn't have enjoyed it if I weren't in the mood but it caught me at the right moment and I loved it.

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