ChrisRose6913
Sometimes movies have to be viewed in just the right mood to really stick with you. This is one of those titles for me. As a HUGE Goodfellas fan, I saw Pesci as the Harvard bum and had to give it a shot. Good lively soundtrack accents characters you actually care about. From Fraser's perfect puppet wanting to have a heart to Dempsey's whimsical DJ, they're fun people you might have hung out with at college. Pesci in far and away his best performance, adds the lightning to this mix, bouncing back and forth from hateful curmudgeon to bi-polar nut case in equal measure. Very few movies can get me to cry, but this one managed at the end. I recommend it for anyone wanting a good little emotional roller-coaster, taking you from mild despair to raucous laughter.
Tracy_Terry_Moore
Harvard punk (Brendan Fraser) helps a homeless dude (Joe Pesci) in exchange for lost thesis papers.It's a series of revelations that change the political views of a selfish Ivy-leaguer as he learns from the 'wisdom' of a bum who has all the appeal of a rat-dropping. The homeless are depicted as insane alcoholics while Fraser's roommates include cute Moira Kelly, cool Patrick Dempsey, and handsome Josh Hamilton, who are given virtually nothing to do.Not much here, but there is some good location scenery of Cambridge and Harvard University.Ve Ri Tas!
hedin_88
I saw this movie when i was a kind and i hated it, but that i saw it again a few days ago and this time i liked it. Most of all, you'll be interested to see Brendan Frazer in a role that is not humorous or too serious, its just a plain simple real characters. and Joe Pesci goes beyond "the bad guy from Home alone". The acting is not too good, its kept on a simple level and just strong enough to make the story go. The story itself is simple and yet there is more behind what is shown. The rest of the characters are individuals and the thing i liked the most is that the movie kept in touch with reality, what more and more movies fail to do. Some lines might be funny and so are some situations. All in all, this movie is not a comedy nor a drama, its just something to chill out with, or to kill some time. Not really worth much money to see...
brokergrlfl
This movie is an amazing meeting of the minds. In a time where compassion is barely making rounds, and where those who make it part of their vocabulary are deemed as lower than criminals, with honors illustrates that as individualistic as our society likes to be deemed, we are a community. Joe Pesci plays Simon Wilder, a homeless ex-merchant marine, who teaches Montgomery, played by Brendan Fraser, generosity and compassion. He retains a draft of Monty's thesis, the center of Brendan's grim existence, after it falls down into the boiler room of Harvard University's library.Pesci decides to leverage this circumstance and offers a page in exchange for various items which includes a van where he shall sleep. Monty, in exasperation, re-evaluates his priorities and the thesis itself as he realizes that selfishness and being cold, makes him that less human and honorable. At the possible brink of Pesci's character's death, Monty does a full 180 degree turn. Additionally, he then changes his thesis to the disdain of Gore Vidal.This movie is a must see for all that study, vote or even think about government and its role in society. Our growing homeless situation in the States and abroad is a reminder that we do need each other to some degree.An excellent movie by Keshishian who was also a Harvard graduate. The song by Madonna is moving and an excellent accompaniment to this stellar movie. Not to mention, a step up for Moira Kelley who had previously done that ridiculous skating movie and then went to do a sting on One Tree Hill.
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