Me and You and Everyone We Know

 

Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005

• Director: Miranda July
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: John Hawkes, Miranda July
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• John Hawkes – The Peanut Butter Falcon, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Everest, Lincoln, Contagion, Lost, Winter’s Bone, A Slipping Down Life
• Why? The title
• Seen:  26 February 2025                         

       Quirky is the word for this film and most reviewers use it. I’m fine with quirky films if they don’t try too hard. Is this one trying too hard? I think so. Is it good anyway? I don’t know. The characters are all pathetic, unhappy, love-starved, lonely. There are a lot of them, and they’re only loosely connected.

       I feel likeshould like it but I’m having trouble with that. It’s just depressing and I can’t do depressing this evening. But I will probably watch it again when I’m up to it. 

2 ½ * of 5  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water for Elephants

 

Water for Elephants 2011

• Director: Francis Lawrence
• Seen by this director: The Hunger Games, I Am Legend, Constantine
• Based on the book by Sara Gruen (DNF)
• Cast: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• All of them - many
• Why? I like the title and I like elephants
• Seen:  25 February 2025                   

        Circuses are not my thing but I like elephants. Jacob (Pattinson) gets work in a circus, falls in love with the boss’s (Waltz) wife (Witherspoon) and there’s an elephant.

       As expected, I like the elephant but the love story is ho-hum. I don’t like seeing animals in cages or forced to perform. Witherspoon is often good but not in this role. Same with Pattinson. Waltz too, for that matter. Maybe it’s the roles that are wrong, not the actors.

       Nope, not for me. 

2* of 5  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tell Tale

 

Tell Tale 2009

• Director: Michael Questa
• Based loosely on the story by Edgar Allan Poe
• Cast: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Bea Miller
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Josh Lucas – The Lincoln Lawyer, Undertow, A Beautiful Mind
• Lena Headey - The Flood, Game of Thrones, Fighting with My Family, The Mortal Instruments, Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Babes of Saint Trinian’s, The Brothers Grimm, Aberdeen, Remains of the Day
• Why? Lena Headey
• Seen:  24 February 2025                  

             Terry (Lucas) has recently had a heart transplant. He’s a single dad with a young daughter Angie (Miller) who is very ill. He and the girl’s doctor Liz (Headey) are in love.

            Terry discovers that his donor was murdered. How? His new heart beats wildly when he gets close to one of the murderers which happens because…. Oops, no spoilers. He sets out to solve the mystery and ends up… oops, no spoilers.

            There’s not much Poe here but it’s quite a clever story with an almost completely unexpected twist ending.     

 3* of 5