Friday, September 20, 2019

The Tomorrow Man DVD 2019


     Ed Hemsler and Ronnie Meisner live in the same small town.  Ed has a bomb shelter and he spends his life preparing for a disaster that may not happen?  Ronnie spends her life shopping for things she may never use?  Ed notices Ronnie in the grocery store and he invites her out for coffee.  They seem to hit it off but how can they get beyond the things that are consuming them at their homes?
     A lot of times people become afraid of what might happen?  They are so busy preparing for this “might happen” that they aren’t living life in the right now?  Both Ed and Ronnie are in their 60’s and if they want to have love between them, they need to let go of the what if?  Ed doesn’t get along with his son because he’s always telling him what to do?  Will his son ever listen, probably not? This is a slow and quiet movie with old people with a LOT of eccentricities!!  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

94 min, Drama directed and written by Noble Jones with John Lithgow, Blythe Danner, Derek Cecil, Katie Aselton, Sophie Thatcher, Eve Harlow, Wendy Makkena, Isabelle Boni.

Note:  Imdb 5.5 out of 10, Roger Ebert 2 ½* Nell Minow, Rotten Tomatoes 43% critic 45% audience, Commen Sense Media Tara McNamara age 13+ 3* positive, 1* role, 1* violence, 3* sex, 4* language, 3* consumerism, 2* drinking, drugs & smoking, SF Chronicle G. Allen Johnson sit up in seat, Letterboxd average 2.9* out of 5*, Amazon 3.5* out of 5* with 10 reviews.

Special Note:  This is the directorial debut for Noble Jones.  The world premiere was at the Sundance Film Festival January 30, 2019.  Filming in Rochester, New York, Lithgow’s hometown.

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