Today I went to a special showing of the Oscar-nominated Live Action films. This was a very unusual year because I don't see any clear winner nor did I see any film I disliked. Oddly, however, I didn't see any I loved either and picking the winner is amazingly difficult.
Of all the nominees, "The Voorman Problem" and "Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?" are by far the slightest and least likely to win the Oscar. HOWEVER, both films are very good and I am thrilled they included them. That's because the other three are all super-depressing (one is about child soldiers/rape and murder, another is about domestic violence and the other is about a child who is dying). I and the rest of the audience really NEEDED a film like "Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?" as we might have otherwise just stuck our heads in the oven when we got home! Now I am not being critical of these depressing films--they deserved the nominations. But "Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?" provided some laughs and left me feeling not totally depressed!
The film has a very simple plot--a family awakens too late to get to a wedding. They've overslept and NOTHING is going right....nothing. I cannot say more, as it would spoil the laughs. Suffice to say, we've all had days like this...well, not quite like THIS...but close! Well worth seeing.
Of all the nominees, "The Voorman Problem" and "Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?" are by far the slightest and least likely to win the Oscar. HOWEVER, both films are very good and I am thrilled they included them. That's because the other three are all super-depressing (one is about child soldiers/rape and murder, another is about domestic violence and the other is about a child who is dying). I and the rest of the audience really NEEDED a film like "Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?" as we might have otherwise just stuck our heads in the oven when we got home! Now I am not being critical of these depressing films--they deserved the nominations. But "Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?" provided some laughs and left me feeling not totally depressed!
The film has a very simple plot--a family awakens too late to get to a wedding. They've overslept and NOTHING is going right....nothing. I cannot say more, as it would spoil the laughs. Suffice to say, we've all had days like this...well, not quite like THIS...but close! Well worth seeing.