The Magic of Belle Isle
(2012)
Directed by Rob Reiner
this film stars Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, Emma Fuhrmann and
Madeline Carroll. A widowed author spends the summer in a lake side
house and makes friends with the family next door.
This is a fairly easy
watch that covers a pretty simple plot at a gentle pace. At times the
plot threatens to get a little over sentimental but is generally well
handled, for the story to work really well I think the protagonist
would have had to start with much darker behaviour to make his
journey have more impact but the story still works. There is a decent
cast but much like the plot not a lot stands out in a film which has
plenty of similar compatriots.
3/5
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