Friday, July 02, 2004

HoustonChronicle.com - Review: 'Heart & Soul' falls short in its attempt to inspire

HoustonChronicle.com - Review: 'Heart & Soul' falls short in its attempt to inspire: "America's Heart & Soul isn't a political movie. It isn't much of anything, really, just a glossy celebration of working people and weirdos (whom the filmmakers probably would prefer we call American eccentrics). It's more suited for the coffee table than the movie theater and certainly has no place in a political debate.
But that's where some folks want to put it.
Disney, you may recall, chose not to distribute Fahrenheit 9/11 so close to the election because of its political content. Disney is, however, distributing Heart & Soul, which some people started discussing as if it were the anti-Fahrenheit weeks ago.
The company has cozied up to Move America Forward, the California group that attacked Fahrenheit and lobbied theaters not to show it. After a special screening Monday, the organization's chairman declared the movie 'inspirational' -- 'an amazing set of vignettes' of individuals 'able to explore their passion because of the freedom this country has given us.'"

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home