I actually really liked this movie. The kid - Tommy or whatever - was phenomenal, PHENOMENAL. Who was that kid?
--hold on, IMDB check.
Hmm.. Alfred Lutter III. And looks like he stopped acting three years after this movie, so I guess he didn't realize he had amazing talent, or nobody else did.
But anyways, gosh, all those terrible men. It started to make me lose hope (the little I have left) until the end when thank God she met a man who was cute, pretty good, and had a lot of money. He still hit the kid, but really he just gave him a spanking.
Wow. Ellen Burstyn has been in billions of things. She was really good. I'm so happy she could pursue her dreams and have a guy at the same time, and he was willing to drive and move her where she wanted to go, but then she realized she didn't need to go there anymore. That is true love.
And Kris Kristofferson's been in a lot too. He has a pretty unique bio on IMDB, you should read it.
Well anyways, relationships are rough and pursuing your dreams is hard. That's what I learned from this movie (not that I didn't already know it). But I especially liked when she finally said what she wanted loud in the restaurant when she said that everything she does from now on has to include singing.
That's how I feel - I can do a bunch of random jobs for money or whatever, as long as my life can still include acting and as long as these jobs are helping me get closer to acting. And if a guy wants to come along and be a part of it, great. -->Hmm.. that sounded harsh. It's just that as a woman you have to say it like that because we're so easily swayed to the extreme of giving up everything to please our husband (or even just some lame guy who will never be our husband).
I also found it interesting when Alice (Ellen Burstyn) said how at first she liked giving up her dreams to be with her husband because she thought that's how a man should be - dominating or whatever. Wow. Sounds so crazy but I totally get it. As "independent" as so many of us women are these days, we still have this innate desire to just live for a man and please a man. It's gross really. I hope I never do it. Just kidding. I hope I do. He just has to be perfect and love me for more than sex and not be abusive and love Jesus and maybe sort of cute with a stable job.
**movie from Roger Ebert's four-star reviews, PG set
