#Peter Chelsom

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Happy 80th, Danny DeVito.

Photo by Peter Chelsom.

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John Cusack in Serendipity (2001)

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Title: Shall We Dance?

Rating: PG-13

Director: Peter Chelsom

Cast: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Lisa Ann Walter, Anita Gillette, Bobby Cannavale, Omar Benson Miller, Tamara Hope, Stark Sands, Richard Jenkins, Nick Cannon, Sarah Lafleur, Onalee Ames, Diana Salvatore, Daphne Korol

Release year: 2004

Genres: drama, romance, comedy

Blurb: After seeing a beautiful instructor from her studio window on his way home from work, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.

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The Culkin Brothers: Macaulay Culkin became a sensation in the 1990's for his portrayal of Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone movies. His brothers Kieran and Rory are also actors, and they feature in some of my favourite productions from that era.

Home Alone, directed by Chris Columbus, 1990

A movie I love to watch every Christmas vacation and never get tired of. With Macaulay Culkin as the lead, but also Kieran Culkin as Kevin's bed-wetting cousin Fuller. Also starring beloved Canadian comedians Catherine O'Hara and the late John Candy. Wonderful soundtrack by John Williams.

The Mighty, directed by Peter Chelsom, 1998 Based on the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, this underrated gem is funny, uplifting and heart-breaking all at once. Kieran Culkin plays a gifted teenage boy living with Morquio syndrome. He befriends a strong yet learning disabled boy who becomes his legs while he becomes his brain. Another movie I love to watch around Christmas since an important part of the story is set at that time of year. Hilarious performance by Gillian Anderson as "the Queen of Saxony". Set in Cincinnati but filmed in Toronto. Amazing Celtic-tinged score by Trevor Jones.

Signs, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, 2002 I include this film even though it was released in 2002. It is close enough to the 90's and the story was conceived in a pre-9/11 context. The technologies used by the characters are still those of the 90's (VHS tapes, cathodic televisions, baby monitors) and the fashion as well (Rory Culkin's character rocks the denim overalls and plaid shirts like a pro). This movie is dear to me because of its raw depiction of a man's faith struggle and its effects on his family. But it also offers a wonderful message about God's sovereignty.

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Serendipity (2001), dir. Peter Chelsom.

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An Englishman Abroad (BBC, 1983)

"The average Englishman, you see, is not interested in ideas. Say what you like about political theory. No one will listen. You could shove a whole slice of the Communist manifesto into the Queen's Speech. Nobody would turn a hair. Least of all, I suspect, HMQ."

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What I'm watching (2024 Edition) || The Space Between Us (2017)

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Mistérios do Sexo Oposto

EUA, 2001

Peter Chelsom

6/10

Farsa

Uma farsa à moda antiga. Pelo enredo, pelo casting de luxo, pelas localizações das filmagens, Uptown New York, West Hampton, Long Island (a exceção é claramente Sun Valley no Idaho) poderia tratar-se de mais uma comédia psicológica de Woody Allen, até pela presença de Diane Keaton num dos papéis principais, mas falta-lhe seguramente a profundidade de um argumento de Allen.

Os locais podem ser os mesmos, as confusões nos relacionamentos conjugais também, mas aqui tudo se passa demasiado superficialmente. Falta uma justificação para o comportamento dos personagens, uma crise de meia idade, um sentimento de insatisfação com a vida, uma paixão forte e fugaz. Tudo se passa levianamente e, por isso, termina com a mesma leviandade.

Salva-se a qualidade do elenco, capaz, ainda assim, de proporcionar um entretenimento divertido ao espectador.

Farce

An old-fashioned farce. Considering the plot, the luxury cast, the locations, Uptown New York, West Hampton, Long Island (the exception is clearly Sun Valley in Idaho) it could be another psychological comedy by Woody Allen, even due to the presence of Diane Keaton in a leading role, but it certainly lacks the depth of an Allen script.

The locations may be the same, the confusion in the marital relationships too, but here everything happens too superficially. There is a lack of justification for the characters' behavior, a midlife crisis, a feeling of dissatisfaction with life, a strong and fleeting passion. Everything happens frivolously and, therefore, ends just as frivolously.

However, due to the quality of the cast, is still capable of providing fun entertainment for the viewer.

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Fictional music video from Serendipity (2001)

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lo spazio che ci unisce - Peter Chelsom

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