Review of With Honors (1994) by Tyler M — 21 Dec 2007
Do you believe in happy endings?
In the same vein as The Fisher King (which you can find in F section), but not quite as heartwarming, funny, intelligent, or good.
The Story: A homeless man holds a Harvard students thesis hostage for food and a place to eat. Of course it's as predictable as they come, the student learns that there's more to life than graduating with honors, and the homeless man turns out to be the unlikely teacher of this valuable life lesson. It's not really stylish, it looks pretty generic and the camera movement isn't anything spectacular, the humor is fairly generic as well, and the characters often times seem pretentious along with the loads of "intelligent" dialogue.
The Cast: Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser...Brendan Fraser is Monty, his only goal in life is to graduate from Harvard with honors, hence the title of the film. He doesn't give a bad performance, but he really doesn't give a great performance either. He's sort of middle of the road here, fans of his might be a little more forgiving, but people that aren't fans aren't going to find themselves saying "damn! I've gotta see more of this fine young actor!". Joe Pesci, is Simon, the homeless man with the heart and soul of a poet. His lines usually make him sound conceited and snobbish. He's like the male version of Rosie O'Donnel, only he uses big words. Sorry Pesci fans, you're better off watching just about anything else he's done, this is not his finest hour.
One to Five Scale: 2.
Go watch The Fisher King instead, it's much much better. Even the most hardcore Fraser and Pesci fans will have a hard time watching this boring film.
Tyler.
This review of With Honors (1994) was written by Tyler M on 21 Dec 2007.
With Honors has generally received positive reviews.
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