Charlie (Douglas) is released from a mental hospital and returns to his home to live with his daughter, Miranda, (Wood) who had been comfortably supporting herself while he was away. And, Charlie has a plan to find the treasure Father Torres hid in the 1600s. Miranda is no longer comfortable.
Normally, I run to a Michael Douglas movie and I ran to this one too, but now that I have seen it I wonder what all the running was about. There is something very wrong in this movie and I am not sure I know what it is. The narration by Miranda didn't bother me. It filled in gaps. Some of the narration was almost funny. The best line was by Miranda and went something like this: I never felt comfortable when he was around. I always felt something was about to happen. The movie shows that she did love her father, questionable as he was, but she looked after him like a mother would watch her child running close to sharp cornered tables.
I, too, felt something was about to happen except it never did. Charlie was running around like a drunken sailor and seemingly lined up with pointy edged tables but his head never veered into those edges. He just kept running from one point on the map to another one to find that treasure. Miranda was frustrated and so was I.
I just figured out what is wrong with this movie. It was a 2-man act: Charlie and Miranda. It needed to be more than that, more interaction with others, more dialogue, There was some, but not enough for me. Charlie bounced around so much it was hard to like him despite a twinkle in his eye and his easy-going constitution. He was incomplete as was the movie. I felt for Miranda, but not Charlie. The character Douglas played couldn't sustain a movie lead. He was like a monkey running from one found banana to another. We liked Charlie but we weren't sure what he liked and yes, we were wary of him too. We wanted Charlie to be more of a human soul, to be somewhat normal. Well, that wasn't going to happen and we were shut out. But, "somewhat normal" could have worked, too, in looking for the treasure. Audiences like it when the characters look for a treasure. Here we didn't care if it was found. The movie told us the journey was more important than the destination.
Did the movie save itself? I think so even with the poor ending. Okay, really bad ending. But, the next time I will walk, not run, to a Michael Douglas movie, maybe read the box next time, ask a few friends, read some reviews ..slow walking the whole time.
Violence:No; Sex: No; Nudity:No; Language: Yes and I didn't see any need for it in this "comedy."
Normally, I run to a Michael Douglas movie and I ran to this one too, but now that I have seen it I wonder what all the running was about. There is something very wrong in this movie and I am not sure I know what it is. The narration by Miranda didn't bother me. It filled in gaps. Some of the narration was almost funny. The best line was by Miranda and went something like this: I never felt comfortable when he was around. I always felt something was about to happen. The movie shows that she did love her father, questionable as he was, but she looked after him like a mother would watch her child running close to sharp cornered tables.
I, too, felt something was about to happen except it never did. Charlie was running around like a drunken sailor and seemingly lined up with pointy edged tables but his head never veered into those edges. He just kept running from one point on the map to another one to find that treasure. Miranda was frustrated and so was I.
I just figured out what is wrong with this movie. It was a 2-man act: Charlie and Miranda. It needed to be more than that, more interaction with others, more dialogue, There was some, but not enough for me. Charlie bounced around so much it was hard to like him despite a twinkle in his eye and his easy-going constitution. He was incomplete as was the movie. I felt for Miranda, but not Charlie. The character Douglas played couldn't sustain a movie lead. He was like a monkey running from one found banana to another. We liked Charlie but we weren't sure what he liked and yes, we were wary of him too. We wanted Charlie to be more of a human soul, to be somewhat normal. Well, that wasn't going to happen and we were shut out. But, "somewhat normal" could have worked, too, in looking for the treasure. Audiences like it when the characters look for a treasure. Here we didn't care if it was found. The movie told us the journey was more important than the destination.
Did the movie save itself? I think so even with the poor ending. Okay, really bad ending. But, the next time I will walk, not run, to a Michael Douglas movie, maybe read the box next time, ask a few friends, read some reviews ..slow walking the whole time.
Violence:No; Sex: No; Nudity:No; Language: Yes and I didn't see any need for it in this "comedy."