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First-person narrator Fraser Pettigrew (Robert Norman) is age 10 in 1920, a moment when it seems that the charmed life of Kiloran, the rambling Scottish estate he shares with several generations of his relentlessly quaint family, will go on forever. Even a stray shellshock casualty from the Great War--a sub-Dickensian bogeyman who haunts the grounds--is treated as a picturesque bit of local color. The family is what counts: would-be inventor Colin Firth, eccentric paterfamilias and sphagnum moss farmer; his wife Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, who traded an opera career for multiple maternity; crusty uncle Malcolm McDowell, who hopes to inherit Kiloran from matriarch Rosemary Harris and evict everybody; and Irène Jacob, the beauteous young Frenchwoman to whom the uncle is engaged and over whom everyone else goes gaga. Not to mention a gaggle of precocious siblings, colorful servants, and oddball interlopers.
This is all very slight, but amiable--sort of a Miramax dry run for The Cider House Rules without the darkness or the novelistic vision. The lakes, skies, and knobby hills around Argyll, Scotland, are unexceptionably gorgeous. --Richard T. Jameson
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Hugh Hudson |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1999 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Miramax Home Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 717951004635 |
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"My Life" is rather dull Coming-of-age stories appear in all shapes, forms, and sizes. And if scenery and a top-notch cast could make a good movie, "My Life So Far" would be astounding. Unfortunately, the end result is rambling, poorly-edited, with subplots that do nothing and a dull lead.
Fraser Pettigrew (Robert Norman) lives in a rambling Scottish estate with his enormous family, headed by his brilliant, eccentric father Edward (Colin Firth) and a strong-willed matriarch (Rosemary Harris). Like most kids, Fraser decides that he wants to know what adults know, and takes steps to find out: He studies his grandfather's collection of classy porn, watches his sister flirt with a plane pilot, and investigates the inheritance rumors flitting around
But his studies of adulthood takes an unexpected twist. His elderly Uncle Morris (Malcolm McDowell) arrives with the beautiful young Heloise (Irène Jacob) from France. As Fraser befriends (and becomes slightly enamored of) Heloise, he doesn't realize that Edward has become infatuated with her (midlife crisis, where is thy sting?). The increasing tension in this family threatens to explode, unless both Fraser and Edward grow up.
The settings for "My Life So Far" cannot be faulted. The vision of rural Scotland in the 1920s is genuinely lovely. There are plenty of lakes, mist, slightly crumbly castles and beautiful aerial shots of the woods and fields. And when the film focuses on Fraser's determination to come of age, there's a gentle, syrup-less humor to the writing.
Part of the problem is sloppy editing. Most of the subplots go nowhere and offer nothing. For example, Fraser sees a strange, ragged old man wandering around, who then dies mysteriously. Nothing comes of this, and no one cares. Similarly, his sister's flirtation with the plane pilot comes to nothing. The script meanders all over the map in a seemingly random fashion and peters out from lack of interesting material, rather than actually ending.
Most films hinge on the lead actor's performance, but unfortunately Norman is a very unengaging actor. He doesn't have the sparkle to charm us. Firth and Jacob's considerable talents are wasted; Firth's character flipflops randomly between being pitiful and being a genius; while this is how the character is supposed to be, we don't get to know him very well. And poor Jacob is basically reduced to a walking pretty face with a French accent.
When you hear that "My Life So Far" is based on the early life of a BBC pioneer and Chairman of The Royal Opera House, you would assume that it's much more interesting than it is. Only a few spurts of humor and the underused talents of Firth and Jacob redeem this at all.
"Jazz is the sound of the devil sniggering at our follies"
Director: Hugh Hudson
Format: Color
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Video Release Date: June 3, 2003
Cast:
Robert Norman
Colin Firth
Nary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Malcolm McDowell
Irene Jacob
Rosemary Harris
Set circa 1920, when Fraser Pettigrew (Robert Norman) is a 10-year-old the story centers around his childhood memories of his eccentric inventor father, his mother who gave up a stage career to raise a family, and an uncle who came to the family estate in Scotland with his 24-year-old French fiance.
It is a family centered, biographical story--a memoir--of a child who is curious about artwork depicting naked ladies and his grandfather's "secret" library. Also involved is the conflict between his father who is reaping sphegnum moss from the family estate for a variety of products, and his uncle who thinks his father's ventures are folly. Uncle Malcolm hopes to inherit the estate from the grandmother and throw everyone else off the place and market the lumber.
There is an interesting story here, but not a thriller or murder mystery. It is what it purports to be a story of a youngster's early life.
Joseph (Joe) Pierre
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I never thought I'd write but - I LIKED IT!
I was bored one day and I flipped to IFC. They were playing this film so I decided to give it a try. Well, in the same likeness that an old song begins to inch its way into your heart, this film slowly began to grow on me. I sat there thinking, why am I watching this, only to find myself laughing at the absurd family in this film as I started to envision what it must have been like to grow up in that eccentric, if not completely captivating, clan.
In it, we meet a very inquisitive young man who discovers booze, sketched porn and smoking. His father, battling his own cravings but fronting a semblance of virtue, objects to just about everything his curious son seeks. It is here that we witness the comedy and wit unfold.
Give this film a try. The main character is hard to forget and the story, although uncouth is some segments, will still leave a fun impression on your mind
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