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Finding Normal (2013)
A wonderful movie, with a plot similar to Doc Hollywood
The first two reviews tell you all you need to know about the plot, but this is a story that will warm your heart and you will want to watch it several times. I just watched for the third time tonight. Candace does her usual good job as Lisa, a surgeon headed to Long Island, to make a fortune with her boyfriend Steve, also a doctor, by making house calls for the rich at $2500 a visit. In Normal she finds a lot of very nice people, who are just happy being who they are and caring enough about one another, to help each other survive whatever problem they seem to be having. A far cry from her former existence in Southern California or the existence she would experience in Long Island where she is headed. You see her falling for this place and the people, little by little. The ending scene is really memorable, and I have watched, just it, many times. The performances are outstanding, especially Lisa, Doc, the little girl and her mother, and Lucas the local love interest.
The Fountainhead (1949)
A very good movie, worth seeing more than once.
This is a very good movie with excellent acting, particularly by Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey and Robert Douglas. The main star, Gary Cooper, plays the part of an architect who refuses to design buildings the way they have always been designed and his work is repeatedly condemned by the architectural critics of the day. They are jealous of his talent and originality and seek to drive him out of the business. A better actor could have been chosen for this part, Cooper is a bit bland for a part that requires someone who is outwardly more passionate. I would have selected William Holden, who was slightly younger, and who was capable of passionate speeches. See his work in Executive Suite. The Fountainhead is a very good movie with a few surprises along the way. I recommend it for anyone's library, it is certainly part of mine.