I saw this film years ago and still remember it. I remember Elijah Wood and Thora Birch were in this film. I remember that the film dragged on and on, and I turned it off about halfway through.
Elijah Wood and Thora Birch give good performances as the young children. In my opinion, they are the only bright spots in this film. They are cute, and I wish the film could have focused on them more. In fact, I think the plot would have been much better if the story had been told from their point of view. Doing that would have brought an innocence and purity that this movie sorely needed.
Instead, the movie focuses on Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith's adult characters. It seems like the writers rushed this into production with a weak story, and the plot suffers for it. I think a few more revisions of the screenplay, with a tighter script, would have made this movie so much better.
The movie overuses music. Music is like sugar. A little adds sweetness, but too much makes you sick--less is more. It is like the director realized that each scene was weak and hoped that a swelling musical score would save it. Instead, the music overpowers each scene and becomes annoying. Then, as the director repeats this for every scene, the whole movie becomes annoying.
Finally, it seems like the movie is missing some key scenes. For example, the adults lost a child, so what about a few scenes where they show the child in flashbacks, describe the child, or share pictures of the child. As another example, what about flashbacks to when they were in love or about what events led to them losing that love.
In conclusion, this movie did leave enough of an impression to remember it, probably because Elijah Wood and Thora Birch were cute. I felt hopeful that the movie would go somewhere; however, I turned it off about halfway through with frustration. Poor plot and pacing is what hurts this film the most.
Elijah Wood and Thora Birch give good performances as the young children. In my opinion, they are the only bright spots in this film. They are cute, and I wish the film could have focused on them more. In fact, I think the plot would have been much better if the story had been told from their point of view. Doing that would have brought an innocence and purity that this movie sorely needed.
Instead, the movie focuses on Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith's adult characters. It seems like the writers rushed this into production with a weak story, and the plot suffers for it. I think a few more revisions of the screenplay, with a tighter script, would have made this movie so much better.
The movie overuses music. Music is like sugar. A little adds sweetness, but too much makes you sick--less is more. It is like the director realized that each scene was weak and hoped that a swelling musical score would save it. Instead, the music overpowers each scene and becomes annoying. Then, as the director repeats this for every scene, the whole movie becomes annoying.
Finally, it seems like the movie is missing some key scenes. For example, the adults lost a child, so what about a few scenes where they show the child in flashbacks, describe the child, or share pictures of the child. As another example, what about flashbacks to when they were in love or about what events led to them losing that love.
In conclusion, this movie did leave enough of an impression to remember it, probably because Elijah Wood and Thora Birch were cute. I felt hopeful that the movie would go somewhere; however, I turned it off about halfway through with frustration. Poor plot and pacing is what hurts this film the most.