I would love to have seen this film while it still had the Jerry Goldsmith score. (Can you believe it? They scrapped the Goldsmith score for this more-than-adequate but loosely assembled pastiche.) It must have happened about the time someone decided that "The Kid" was really a kids' movie. (It isn't.) How much would they have done differently, or was it just tweeked in the editing room? (The Goldsmith score was actually used as a rough track. Who uses Goldsmith as a rough track... and then dumps him... for this?) Someone knows the answers. So maybe someone will eventually spill the beans. (Often Wikipedia has the goods, but not this time. At least, not yet.)
Bruce Willis overcomes the opportunities to be silly, and not yet 8-year-old Spencer Breslin (in his first film) holds his own quite well. (Willis obviously respects him. That's important. Too many adult actors have no idea about that.) Good supporting turns from pros like Lily Tomlin, Jean Smart , Emily Mortimer and Dana Ivey. (Even Matthew Perry, but you probably didn't recognize him.)
All in all, a satisfying watch. Still, I would love to have seen the hidden version. I'll bet it would have been amazing!
Bruce Willis overcomes the opportunities to be silly, and not yet 8-year-old Spencer Breslin (in his first film) holds his own quite well. (Willis obviously respects him. That's important. Too many adult actors have no idea about that.) Good supporting turns from pros like Lily Tomlin, Jean Smart , Emily Mortimer and Dana Ivey. (Even Matthew Perry, but you probably didn't recognize him.)
All in all, a satisfying watch. Still, I would love to have seen the hidden version. I'll bet it would have been amazing!