A Prairie Home Companion: The Movie
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huskiebear and I saw a special preview showing of A Prairie Home Companion last night. If you are a fan of the show, I'd say, get out there and see it, but be prepared to work a little. There's no easy way to describe it -- it's kinda like the anti-Snakes On A Plane, in that it would take so long to bring an outsider up to speed on the in-jokes and stuff that it's easier to say, "Look, just go see it". But I'm not sure I'd recommend that to an outsider.
That said, it's musically rock-solid -- how can it not be, with Peter Outroushko and Robin & Linda Williams on board -- and the acting is all very good to amazing. Special props to Kevin Kline as Guy Noir, Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly as Dusty and Lefty, Meryl Streep and Lily Thompson as the Johnson Girls, Maya Rudolph as Molly, Virginia Madsen as The Dangerous Woman, Tommy Lee Jones as the Axeman, Lindsay Lohan as -- wait, I'm just naming off the whole cast. Yeah, that works. (Although Kline and Streep really pull out all the stops for this one, and I swear that both Streep and Tomlin were alternately channelling my mom. Not vocally, but in mannerisms, both talking and performing. Whew.)
Bottom line: Not a movie for everyone, not what you think it'll be, but, if you are the audience, fun and rewarding.
This spoiler-free review has been brought to you by Be-Bop-A-Rebop Rhubarb Pie.
huskiebear and I saw a special preview showing of A Prairie Home Companion last night. If you are a fan of the show, I'd say, get out there and see it, but be prepared to work a little. There's no easy way to describe it -- it's kinda like the anti-Snakes On A Plane, in that it would take so long to bring an outsider up to speed on the in-jokes and stuff that it's easier to say, "Look, just go see it". But I'm not sure I'd recommend that to an outsider.That said, it's musically rock-solid -- how can it not be, with Peter Outroushko and Robin & Linda Williams on board -- and the acting is all very good to amazing. Special props to Kevin Kline as Guy Noir, Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly as Dusty and Lefty, Meryl Streep and Lily Thompson as the Johnson Girls, Maya Rudolph as Molly, Virginia Madsen as The Dangerous Woman, Tommy Lee Jones as the Axeman, Lindsay Lohan as -- wait, I'm just naming off the whole cast. Yeah, that works. (Although Kline and Streep really pull out all the stops for this one, and I swear that both Streep and Tomlin were alternately channelling my mom. Not vocally, but in mannerisms, both talking and performing. Whew.)
Bottom line: Not a movie for everyone, not what you think it'll be, but, if you are the audience, fun and rewarding.
This spoiler-free review has been brought to you by Be-Bop-A-Rebop Rhubarb Pie.
