A pause on the journey

Yippee one milestone reached

The Grocer's Son ( Le Fils de L'epicier) Antoine left home 10 years ago and never looked back, but he also never moved forward.  He has a crush on Claire who lives next door and has never made a move on her. When his dad gets sick, he is asked by his mother to come home and take care of the family grocery business. He does and his life all begins to fall into place. I rented it for Stephan Guerin-Tillie (He was Cedric in 'Just a Question of Love') he plays the brother Francois, who is not all that he appears to be.  This was a lovely little movie, no huge melt downs or misplaced angst, just a simple evolving story of finding where you belong, no matter how hard you fight it. Beautifully shot, a simple French movie.

Rating:  6. I would recommend this to my friends
Scruff: Way more then is healthy Especially from Stephan *shakes head in despair* .


Keeping Mum Rowan Atkinson and Kristin Scott Thomas star as a married couple who are not exactly madly in love any more.  Maggie Smith is the housekeeper with a secret who might be able to save this family in this very dark comedy.  It was okay, I appreciated the subtle performances from all involved but it was still overly contrived and seemed to offer no consequences to any kind of bad behavior. It was cute, nothing amazing or fantastic. Patrick Swayze makes a cameo as a sleazy golf pro, and I saw more of him then I ever wanted to.
Rating: 2. MEH
Scruff: bits here and there noting overwhelming



W00T Cycling is on :)  off to take a break and watch.