When you look at his entire resume' as a director, you see that Rob Reiner has come a long way since playing the 'meathead' on 'All In The Family', and as a director has given us many memorable movies. He has done it again here, and while this one will not likely rise to the top of his list of accomplishments, it is a very nice one with a good story.
Morgan Freeman is Monte Wildhorn , somewhat formerly famous author who has quit writing, and has become a curmudgeon of sorts. He is in a wheel chair, we don't find out why until much later in the movie, but he is going to spend the summer in this New York State 'Belle Isle' community, in a small run-down house. Next door are a single mom and her three daughters.
The mom is Virginia Madsen as Charlotte O'Neil . Her middle daughter is 11-ish Emma Fuhrmann as Finnegan O'Neil , the most interesting and precocious of the daughters. She becomes friends of sort with Monte pretty quickly, and plays a role in getting him interested again in writing. And he helps her learn how to use her imagination better. Monte and Charlotte also seem to be developing a bond, in spite of their large age difference. And of course his being confined to a wheel chair.
Very nice, rather quiet movie.
Morgan Freeman is Monte Wildhorn , somewhat formerly famous author who has quit writing, and has become a curmudgeon of sorts. He is in a wheel chair, we don't find out why until much later in the movie, but he is going to spend the summer in this New York State 'Belle Isle' community, in a small run-down house. Next door are a single mom and her three daughters.
The mom is Virginia Madsen as Charlotte O'Neil . Her middle daughter is 11-ish Emma Fuhrmann as Finnegan O'Neil , the most interesting and precocious of the daughters. She becomes friends of sort with Monte pretty quickly, and plays a role in getting him interested again in writing. And he helps her learn how to use her imagination better. Monte and Charlotte also seem to be developing a bond, in spite of their large age difference. And of course his being confined to a wheel chair.
Very nice, rather quiet movie.