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Mojave Moon (1996)
A hidden gem.
Great comic performances throughout, although Peter MacNicol, in a cameo role, steals the show! Early Angelina Jolie, looking stunningly beautiful, strikes the right balance of loopiness and reality. Anne Archer startles with an effervescent comic turn that will surprise her fans and delight the unfamiliar. Danny Aiello is the perfect everyman, at times innocently confident followed by sheer bafflement at the insane goings on around him. And Alfred Molina, is brilliant as Aiello's long suffering out-of-work actor sidekick who finds the perfect role in a real life drama. Independent film at its best. Don't miss it!
The Sum of Us (1994)
A funny and moving screen gem from Australia!
This is a profoundly moving and very funny story of a unique relationship between a father and son. Jack Thompson is outstanding as the father and Russell Crowe is terrific as the son. The courting scenes in the early part of the film are some of the funniest I've ever seen on screen. The audience I first saw it with laughed so hard that you couldn't hear the dialogue for up to minutes at a time. The scenes were so well realized, though, that everyone still understood what was happening. Later the story turns a bit serious, but the emotions are so true and the directing and acting so outstanding that you welcome and embrace the change. The final 15 minutes of the movie are some of the most moving I've ever experienced. Don't miss it. A small masterpiece!