Life-Size (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Mark Rosman

Writers:

Mark Rosman (teleplay) &
Stephanie Moore (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

5 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sport

Plot:

A widower's daughter accidentally brings her doll to life while trying to cast a spell to resurrect her mother. |

Plot Keywords:

Widower | Spell | Doll | Family Relationships | Intergenerational Friendship

Cast

Lindsay Lohan	...	Casey Stuart
Jere Burns	...	Ben Stuart
Anne Marie DeLuise	...	Drew McDonald (as Ann Marie Loder)
Garwin Sanford	...	Richie
Tom Butler	...	Phil
Tyra Banks	...	Eve
Jillian Fargey	...	Ellen
Dee Jay Jackson	...	Coach
Corrine Koslo	...	Toy Store Owner
Alf Humphreys	...	Bookstore Owner (as Alfred E. Humphreys)
Kerry Sandomirsky	...	Phyllis Weiner
Sam MacMillan	...	Sam
Katelyn Wallace	...	Sarah
Shaina Tianne Unger	...	Jessica (as Shaina Unger)
Jessica Lee Owens	...	Shannon

Runtime:

USA:101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as presented in Dolby Surround Sound)

Certification:

Spain:T | UK:U | Germany:o.Al. | Australia:PG | USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

4376 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Pacific Motion Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

As Casey's football team is running out onto the field before the championship game, Lindsay Lohan's real life siblings can be seen cheering in the stands.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie, Kacey gets upset at a player and has to sit out while the coach gives her a talk. She sits down on the bench while everyone scatters away and she is by herself. When the shot shows her front she is sitting alone, when the shot moves to her back you can see another jersey sleeve on the left indicating someone is sitting next to her. This happens a few times.

Quotes:

Eve: Ben, did you see that big lady dancing? This is a night I will never forget!
Ben Stuart: Neither will anyone else!

Soundtrack:

C'est La Vie

Well hello...Dolly !

Don't you just love these lazy sunday afternoons ? Just laying around your house and do absolutely nothing but watching TV...Unfortunately, I couldn't find the remote when this thing started. I was laying in my couch and the remote was nowhere near...I didn't want anything to spoil my lazyness so I kept watching it.

It was...errrr...CUTE ! Being a 22 year old-fashioned male who wastes most of his time by seeing horror and foreign cult films, I don't think I was part of the target audience this movie tried to reach. So, I also see no reason in bashing it completely. The cast and crew tries so much to bring tears to your eyes. All typical elements are included : the poor girl who just lost her mommy, the workaholic dad who forgets his daughter's football match, the ugly duckling at the office who turns into a beautiful swan ... I'm not being cynical, I'm sure you will cry when you're a young girl (aged 8 - 14) or a lonely housewife ( age 30-55) but if you don't fall into any other category, you'll just watch at it and don't move a muscle. Either that or you have emotional problems...

The cast is filled with "I've seen him/her before somewhere" - faces but I couldn't put a name to those faces. Usually this means they're washed up actors and actresses who can only get jobs in inferior family Disney movies. Except for Tyra Banks of course...She's playing the role she was born to play. A life-size doll !! She's dumb, naïve, ignorant but oh so beautiful and perfect. Her job is to walk around and look hot and she can handle that perfectly well.

The overload of sentiment, morals, drama and unfunny comedy almost made me puke but still I didn't got up to look for the remote. ( That's a good sign by the way...it means this movie is "bearable" till the end )

The monday after, my little niece told me she saw it too and she said she never saw a better movie...so, you see, it's all relative