There’s nothing fresh about the story of a movie star facing down the barrel of mortality, but it’s comfortable terrain for writer-director Brett Haley. The filmmaker’s tender 2015 drama “I’ll See You In My Dreams” found Blythe Danner playing an ex-singer looking back on her life in somber terms; now, Haley sets his sights on Sam Elliott — who played Danner’s suave romantic interest in “Dreams” — for another melancholic character study about the tribulations of getting old. “The Hero” finds Elliott in a deeply contemplative role, riffing on his own career and delivering a touching meditation on fading stardom. Haley may traffic in traditional sentiment, but again the actors elevate it.
As the perennial cowboy figure, it’s been many years since Elliott’s iconic roles in “Lifeguard” and “Tombstone;” for younger generations, his iconic drawl may be most familiar as the rambling voiceovers in “The Big Lebowski.
As the perennial cowboy figure, it’s been many years since Elliott’s iconic roles in “Lifeguard” and “Tombstone;” for younger generations, his iconic drawl may be most familiar as the rambling voiceovers in “The Big Lebowski.
- 1/22/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Phil got a huge shock to the system, and with no advanced warning on "Modern Family" (Wed., 9 p.m. Est on ABC), when Alex mistook his reference to "Haley's aversion." Alex thought he said, "Haley's a virgin," causing her to laugh uncontrollably. Until, that is, she realized the mistake, and what she'd just revealed.
It was a difficult realization for Phil, and he struggled to process the information. What does that mean about Haley? About his relationship with his eldest daughter? It's a struggle all too common to fathers of daughters in particular, as protectiveness is a natural state, as is the naive belief that their baby girl will stay their baby girl forever.
Haley tried to gingerly tell him, via talking about Lily's broken doll, that this does't change anything about her. She's still the same girl she ever was, just changed. It took him a while, but he...
It was a difficult realization for Phil, and he struggled to process the information. What does that mean about Haley? About his relationship with his eldest daughter? It's a struggle all too common to fathers of daughters in particular, as protectiveness is a natural state, as is the naive belief that their baby girl will stay their baby girl forever.
Haley tried to gingerly tell him, via talking about Lily's broken doll, that this does't change anything about her. She's still the same girl she ever was, just changed. It took him a while, but he...
- 2/23/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Huffington Post
Phil got a huge shock to the system, and with no advanced warning on "Modern Family" (Wed., 9 p.m. Est on ABC), when Alex mistook his reference to "Haley's aversion." Alex thought he said, "Haley's a virgin," causing her to laugh uncontrollably. Until, that is, she realized the mistake, and what she'd just revealed.
It was a difficult realization for Phil, and he struggled to process the information. What does that mean about Haley? About his relationship with his eldest daughter? It's a struggle all too common to fathers of daughters in particular, as protectiveness is a natural state, as is the naive belief that their baby girl will stay their baby girl forever.
Haley tried to gingerly tell him, via talking about Lily's broken doll, that this does't change anything about her. She's still the same girl she ever was, just changed. It took him a while, but he...
It was a difficult realization for Phil, and he struggled to process the information. What does that mean about Haley? About his relationship with his eldest daughter? It's a struggle all too common to fathers of daughters in particular, as protectiveness is a natural state, as is the naive belief that their baby girl will stay their baby girl forever.
Haley tried to gingerly tell him, via talking about Lily's broken doll, that this does't change anything about her. She's still the same girl she ever was, just changed. It took him a while, but he...
- 2/23/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Aol TV.
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