Some Films are Sleepers.. Films that for whatever reason miss the mark with some viewers while meeting the expectations of other viewers..


1. Boyhood 2014 - is a coming of age drama movie starring Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke and Ellar Coltrane.. The film depicts a boy growing up with divorced parents from age of six to eighteen..

I have to say while this movie was somewhat realistic.. depicting how kids who are a product of divorce are shuffled between two households and just learn to deal with the chaos of the baggage that surrounds them.. it was definitely not realistic of most divorces.. Arquette and Hawke were the exception when it comes to divorced parents trying to equally raise well adjusted kids.. but unfortunately not all divorced parents act so cordial to each other .. and although Arquette did a good job at showing how many divorced women with children subsequently can jump into abusive relationships after a divorce .. I kept anxiously waiting for more.. some kind of really dramatic ending .. but it just didn't happen..

The best thing about the film for me was how Patricia Arquette who plays the mom in the movie..  is reminiscing about her life and how she got married had kids.. got divorced.. got married .. got divorced .. got her career and her kids left one by one..and now what is next is her freaking funeral .. and how she somehow thought there would be more.. to her life.. something more.. Now mind you that is not word for word.. but in truth that is what I say to myself.. I got married had kids... got married again got divorced etc etc.. and what now after everything here I sit alone this isn't how at 20 years of age I pictured my life at 58 years .. I thought I'd have everything .. a white picket fence home.. full of love .. cooking cookies for my grandkids.. living with the love of my life.. sitting on a porch swing in the evenings.. loving life and smiling .. happy.. at peace  Well nope .. I have to agree with Arquette I thought there would be more.. and there isn't..  all I have left is my funeral..


2. Patch Adams 1998 - is a semi-biographical comedy drama based on the life of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams and his book Gesundheit: Good Health is a Laughing Matter by Dr. Adams and Maureen Mylander.. In the film Hunter "Patch" Adams (Robin Williams) decides he wants to be a doctor in order to help people.. enrolling in medical school.. With the help of his friends he opens a medical clinic to help all those who cannot pay .. Even though this film met with mixed reviews...I truly love it.. The film is full of warmth and compassion, as well as tragedy.. and just as in such films as Mrs. Doubtfire.. watching the film reminds me of the tragic loss of Robin Williams.. 

Hunter "Patch" Adams founded the Gesundheit Institute in 1971 .. He is a physician, activist, comedian and author.. He travels the world in an effort to bring care and humor to all people.. Adams lives in Urbana Illinois and continues to promote alternate health care.. for more information

Dr. Patch Adams
Gesundheit Institute  


3. Love of My Life 2017 -  is a Canadian comedy drama movie based on a woman named Grace (Anna Chancellor) who has just received a diagnosis that not only does she have a brain tumor but that she could die in just 5 days when they do surgery.. and that she should get her affairs in order..

Although the film received mixed reviews .. I can honestly say I enjoyed every minute of it.. and cried several times because I connected to her pain.. She has two daughters both of which are seemingly clueless but great young women just the same.. and a ex husband named Richard (John Hannah) that rushes to her side for fear that she was truly the greatest love of his life and he regrets having an affair that broke her heart.. and than she has her second husband that while a good man seems to be much more a follower than someone she can look to for support at this time in her life.. She also has her career which she seems to be driven to find peace with after all she doesn't want to leave loose ends.. and than for some misguided reason her first husband's ex shows up.. you know the one he had the affair with.. anyway.. gracious as she is .. she allows them all to spend time with her while she waits for her surgery..

I highly recommend this film.. not because it has tons of action..or great special effects.. but because it in its quiet way is touching .. and simply beautiful .. Love Love Loved it...


4. The Clan of the Cave Bear 1986 - is a drama prehistoric adventure film based on a book by the same name by Jean M. Auel.. and stars Daryl Hannah.. Dialogue in the movie is pretty non existent however there is sign language and subtitles.. The film is about a young Cro-Magnon girl who is separated from her kind (known as the Others) named Ayla (Daryl Hannah) who is found by a group of Neanderthals and raised as one of their own.. a part of the Clan of the Cave Bear.... However after she grows up she learns that her spirit is different from that of the clan and one that follows its own path.. I love this film and my children (the girls) have always loved this film as well.. Truly a film worthy of seeing


5. Julie & Julia 2009 - is a very funny comedy drama that embraces the life of Julia Child (Meryl Streep) through the early years of her culinary life with that of a struggling young New Yorker Julie Powell (Amy Adams) .. In the film Julie decides to start a blog to chronicle her aspiration of cooking all the recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.. Truly a great film..I loved it..

Julie & Julia is based on the true story of Julie Powell Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen.. (later titled Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously) .. and Julia Child's autobiography.. My Life in France..