Review of Our Very Own (2005) by Gregory W — 28 May 2013
This is one of those movies that comes around every so often. I have seen this type of move dozens of times. A writer/director gets to recreate their teen years as a nostalgia movie. These movies are almost always very nice to look at and mildly interesting to everyone else who isn't the writer/director.
Usually the director/writer's tender touch in looking at his/her past is enough to compensate for the basic banality of this movies. Banality is OK. Life is banal. And here that tender touch is what kept me watching knowing that I likely wouldn't care what happened to any of the characters.
The movie opens with a dog riding on the roof of Ford Pinto. This movie while good feels a little too lightweight. The Pinto with dog on the roof drives though a few scenes as the movie progresses, but never with any context, hinting at added layers that could have been.
If you want to spend a little time in a small town in Tennessee in 1978, this movie is a good way to do that.
This review of Our Very Own (2005) was written by Gregory W on 28 May 2013.
Our Very Own has generally received positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
