What are the best "little" movies you've seen lately?

[Yookeroo]

@Sleel

Not all that recently: The Man in the Moon. Reese Witherspoon way before she got famous. The girl could act. She’s been doing lightweight stuff compared to this for the last decade.

I love this movie.

I’ll suggest Beautiful Girls, if only for Natalie Portman.

[Zebra]

@commasense

Meh. I saw this in the theater a week or two ago, and didn’t like it. Sixteen little vignettes, each no more than five minutes long. There was nothing wrong with any of them: they were varied, making different points about different kinds of love. But less than halfway through I was looking at my watch wondering when it was going to be over. It just wasn’t satisfying, like trying to make a dinner out of hors d’oeuvres.

I know what you mean. When ever there is a compliation there are always parts you like and parts you could do without. But I loved the first one, (the guy trying find a parking space) and the last one (woman from Denver), so it was OK for me.

[commasense]

@Zebra

I know what you mean. When ever there is a compliation there are always parts you like and parts you could do without. But I loved the first one, (the guy trying find a parking space) and the last one (woman from Denver), so it was OK for me.

The woman from Denver (Margo Martindale) was hysterical! I guess there weren’t many French speakers in the audience I was in (and I’m not saying I’m fluent, or anything), because I was the only one laughing at her incredibly American pronunciation.

I didn’t dislike any of the segments, but I would have enjoyed the whole film more if they had thrown some longer, more substantial, pieces into the mix. A couple of 20-30 minute segments would have been nice. As it is, many of them just didn’t have much impact.

BTW, did you notice that the one with Nick Nolte was one continuous, unedited shot? (Except for the reprise at the end, of course.)

[Student_Driver]

@Kalhoun

William H. Macy is a god. Seriously.

Did you see Door-to-Door, the one where he plays a disabled door-to-door salesman? It’s great. I don’t personally know a lot of people who’ve seen it, so I’ll call it a “little” movie, though I think it was a Made For HBO production.

I went through a run of seeing William H. Macy films a couple of years ago (goes hand-in-hand with seeing a run of David Mamet films, it seems) and decided that he was my favorite actor. Even when I don’t like a movie he’s in, chances are good that I’ve likes his part.

I haven’t heard of Door-to-Door 'til now; looks like I’ll have to pick it up. The reviews are all good, and having Mr. Macy as the lead gets it an automatic “must see” status.

[lorene]

Long ago, I started a thread about the movie Dear Frankie and no one replied. I loved that movie.

I also saw The Great New Wonderful a while back and, after watching it, looked for info here on the Dope and found none.

And I will third The Station Agent. Great movie.