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I watched this w/other Oscar-nominated shorts, took a while to process. But the uneasy atmosphere, the little girl never looked comfortable in what should have been a grandfather's big safe hands, "nothing bad will happen to you here", counting monster eyes instead of sheep, suspected the topic and damn damn so sorry I was right.

She didn't like being left without her parents, normal for a kid, but she was nine and it was an annual holiday. Ten days. Sitting on the swing looking toward the house. Spoilers yet? Can you all out there watch Pachyderme online, or is it possible to see it at independent theaters? I could.

What's not to like here? You get to see big stars like Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, and Pierce Brosnan doing their own singing. Brosnan is pretty bad! And apparently the criticism rolled right off him--he's a good sport. Amanda Seyfried is adorable. The dancing is exhilarating and the scenery is gorgeous. Julie Walters has a high old time hamming it up, you can see her joy. There are moments of genuine emotion throughout--heck, this movie is good SMART fun.

PS Another plus: the Soviet general from Chernobyl is one of Sophie's possible fathers!

I thought at first this was a retrospective with actual scenes from earlier episodes, couldn't figure out why the hair was so bad! their hair never looked like that! but otherwise a funny, touching episode, with a nice cynical twist at the end.

Not sure if "Easter egg" is the correct term--while Frasier is learning to ride and keeps crashing into the tree, the music being played was also in the wonderful 1979 movie Breaking Away, about a young man obsessed with bike racing and the Italian bike team. SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T!

Good film in many ways but even when I saw it back in the early 80's, I doubted that Alex would run joyfully towards his mother after months away from her. Anger "why didn't you come get me?" would be his reaction. In today's news: a 6 year old Guatemalan boy was reunited w/his father after 2 months. That poor little boy had no response, physical or emotional, to his crying dad.

I'm not much of a horror movie fan. The Washington Post several years ago recommended this as a good Halloween movie (not "HALLOWEEN", not Freddy Carpenter, not predictable fright flicks). So I added Reeker to my long Netflix list and finally got around to watching it...whew. I have to watch it again. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." That's not a spoiler unless you've read the story. Watch it, watch it again, pay attention. And read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."

You may enjoy this if you like hiking, mountain scenery, if you've heard of the Appalachian Trail and if you've never before seen a movie in your life. Robert Redford may have been a terrific actor in the '70s, but he phoned it in here. Nick Nolte and Redford's interactions were predictable. I don't want to say anything more but IMDb requires ten lines. okay still not enough for submission...another old guy with younger woman, R.Redford 79 Emma Thompson 56. At least his movie wife isn't in her 30's. I've spent many hours on the AT, have read Bill Bryson's book, have watched several documentaries on through-hikers. This could have been a better movie. I would have shut up a few lines ago but IMDb wouldn't let me.

A kind-hearted optimistic little movie about the possibility for change, with a "strong ending" (as Morgan Freeman says) and it's a lovely one--I can't watch it without getting a lump in my throat. Well worth a view or two.

I've never paid much attention to Morgan Freeman (isn't he usually in movies where things get blown up?) but this converted me to a fan. He portrays an experienced actor who seems slightly jaded about his work but is endlessly curious about people. His encounters with strangers leave them feeling happier than they were before, and his interactions with Paz Vega lead to what may be a major change in her life.

Low-key, low-budget, and irresistible.

michaeljcarey, thanks for making those corrections to the cast and characters of The Greatest Man in the World. I read the first comment (Smidgeon-as-Smurch)and was momentarily befuddled; having seen this movie when it was originally on TV, I remember very well Brad Davis's performance as the non-PC hero Smurch.

I was happy to find this on Netflix...it's just as funny 28 years later! Today, of course, his transgressions of drinking, having a girlfriend, and coming from the wrong background may not even considered transgressions,and would probably be given a positive spin in the tabloids and other press.

I first saw this movie in a theater several years ago, not knowing what to expect. I remember that the children's singing at the beginning of the movie sounded a little harsh (unlike anything I'd heard before) but, by the end, the same singing enchanted me, I heard its sweetness, and I left knowing I had to see the movie again to take it all in. Since then I've bought the movie and I'm delighted that my young soccer-loving nieces and nephews (from different countries) love the movie as well, and want to see it whenever they visit--a tiny little contribution towards cross-cultural awareness. Great movie for kids and adults.

I was glad to have a chance to see what turned out to be the Oscar-winner for short subject. Here in the U.S. we may forget that other countries also experience immigration in ways unique to each receiving country. The confusion over the names was funny and believable, and the bureaucratic maze in which the protagonist found himself is apparently universal! The teacher's empathy for her language students was explained, in a non-dogmatic way, by her own background as a "peasant" and the discrimination she suffered. I cheered when it won the Oscar--unfortunately, none of my friends had seen it and probably never will, because of the limited availability of these short films!