"Grand Canyon" is the grand daddy of Hollywood movies such as "Crash" that take a look at this thing called life and try to tell us whats its all about. The big problem I have with these movies, and its a big problem alright, is that the people who make these types of films aren't philosophers and their point of view on life and relationships is no better than yours or mine so, to me, these movies come across as contrived nonsense.
And contrived nonsense pretty much describes "Grand Canyon", which follows the lives of several people living in different social strata -- a tow truck driver (Danny Glover), an immigration lawyer (Kevin Kline), a movie producer (Steve Martin) etc... -- and how their lives come together in different circumstances and how their lives change and how they marvel at life and how it happens and do things happen for a reason and if not why not blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda....
Again, to me, its nothing more than pretentious crap, but if you like watching movies that muse about these kinds of things then you're in for a treat with "Grand Canyon" because not only does it muse, it spews its musing like an erupting volcano.
And contrived nonsense pretty much describes "Grand Canyon", which follows the lives of several people living in different social strata -- a tow truck driver (Danny Glover), an immigration lawyer (Kevin Kline), a movie producer (Steve Martin) etc... -- and how their lives come together in different circumstances and how their lives change and how they marvel at life and how it happens and do things happen for a reason and if not why not blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda....
Again, to me, its nothing more than pretentious crap, but if you like watching movies that muse about these kinds of things then you're in for a treat with "Grand Canyon" because not only does it muse, it spews its musing like an erupting volcano.