Year:
1999
Studio:
Harpo Productions
Movie:
2/5
DVD:
0/5
Tuesdays with
Morrie is a television movie based on a best-selling book. It is
the story of two men. Mitch Albom (Hank Azaria) is a successful sports
columnist in Detroit with a loving girlfriend and a fast-paced life.
Maybe a bit too hectic because his girlfriend Janine (Wendy Moniz) is
getting tired of waiting for him and he feels his life is a bit empty.
And then he finds out about Morrie Schwartz (Jack Lemmon) in a 60
Minutes special. Morrie was on of Mitch's professors in college and the
one he had the closest relationship with. But since college Mitch
hasn't kept in touch and now he finds out that Morrie is dying.
Mitch feels guilty so visits Morrie one last time, or so he thinks. But
Morrie is if anything still vibrantly alive and cheerful. And Morrie
has some things he wants to say to Mitch. Life lessons. And Mitch
listens and it makes him think and he comes back each Tuesday (not
trivial because Morrie lives in Boston) and they talk and do things and
rekindly their friendship.
The lessons sink in and Mitch learns. He realizes that he really needs
to focus on what should be the important things in life. He patches up
with Janine and becomes a better person. Just in time for Morrie to die
to end the movie.
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Now, I'm sure
the book is great but the movie was rather boring. I guess the
made-for-tv production values hurt a bit. It just moves slowly and
rather predictably, even if it based on a true story. At the end of the
movie I didn't have any sort of "ahh, that was the point". It was more
like "that was the point?" I guess I'm not the target audience.
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