Film Review Flipped
Love, family and nostalgia are the appointment of “Flipped”, a film aimed at young audiences who will rock sensitivities among the greatest. Nice despite its abundance of good feelings.
By coasting for several years, Bryce (Callan McAuliffe) and Juli (Madeline Carroll) will learn to know themselves, to appreciate and perhaps even love. Carefree young children, they become teenagers who care about the world around them.
The career of filmmaker Rob Reiner is fascinating. Much everything he touched in the 1980s and early 1990s is generally very well made (“This is Spinal Tap”, “The Princess Bride”, “When Harry Meet Sally”, “Misery”, “A Few Good Man”), as almost everything he did thereafter (“North”,”Ghosts of Mississippi”, “The Story of Us”, “Alex & Emma”, “The Bucket List”) was missing particularly of interest. In memory of one of his most esteemed and successful (“Stand by Me” in 1986), here he explores the new world of childhood and the 1960s through a nice recovery period punctuated tubes in references and tasty (the series “Bonanza”!).
Nostalgia is everywhere in “Flipped”. It is this first love, fear of not being up to snuff, this tendency to always rely on friends and family, etc.. The action takes place under the eyes of two characters who, in turn, offer their own vision of situations. The views are not the same, which may explain many misunderstandings. The method can recall the only “Conversation With Other Women”, but without the exquisite staging that follows, which gives a narrative a bit long and repetitive.
This does not include topics of interest by their relevance. At the beginning the situations seem superficial, before recharge increasingly on individuals. Families of Bryce and Juli do not like each other very much. It is about class, disease and other ills of life and society that a child should learn one day if he wants to become an adult. This speech can be supported, but that does not spoil the fun so far experienced.
Especially as a good opportunity to revisit old glories of the past that are no longer of much relevance today. In the confusion there is Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards and Penelope Ann Miller. What the audience got bored by John Mahoney, perfect grandfather helpful, and Aidan Quinn portrays with great sensitivity a father who wants the best for his family! Young Madeline Carroll and Callan McAuliffe also show a nice freshness.
Delicate as the summer breeze, “Flipped” is a pleasant entertainment, maybe a little too preachy and repetitive, which is fully appreciated with happiness. Returning to basics, Rob Reiner may have saved his career as a director. Better late than never.
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