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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is one of the few films which will stick in your mind even after years.
It gives a powerful message for tolerance, for looking beyond the facade and above all love, love that makes people strong and able to struggle against the odds of life.
Cher who seems to embody through her constant plastic surgery and showbiz lifestyle the Hollywood stereotypes and the facade things of life plays wonderfully the mother role, strong when it comes to her son, but otherwise weak and scarred depending much on the love of her son. I was impressed by her.
All other roles are well casted too and the role is a pleasure to watch and I got more and more drawn to it as the plot develops. One becomes quite but in a good way. There is much emotion but never in a kitsch type. The movie touches one deeply.
I can only echo the other reviews and highly recommended this movie. 5 stars!
It gives a powerful message for tolerance, for looking beyond the facade and above all love, love that makes people strong and able to struggle against the odds of life.
Cher who seems to embody through her constant plastic surgery and showbiz lifestyle the Hollywood stereotypes and the facade things of life plays wonderfully the mother role, strong when it comes to her son, but otherwise weak and scarred depending much on the love of her son. I was impressed by her.
All other roles are well casted too and the role is a pleasure to watch and I got more and more drawn to it as the plot develops. One becomes quite but in a good way. There is much emotion but never in a kitsch type. The movie touches one deeply.
I can only echo the other reviews and highly recommended this movie. 5 stars!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This story is one of true courage and hope. Cher as Rusty Dennis is so convincing I found myself forgetting about the "diva" she's known to be. And Eric Stoltz as Rocky, he can make you laugh and cry.
This is truly an uplifting and inspirational film, based on the true story and I recommend it to anyone.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I first watched this as a teenager nearly 20 years ago, I didn't expect it to move me so much as a rather more cynical 30 something, but it did. There's really not much to fault with this film. A simple tale of Rocky Dennis, tragically disfigured by a degenerative illness, and his attempts to overcome prejudice, fit in at his local All-American highschool and, of course, get a girl. In lesser hands, and with a celeb such as Cher heading the cast list, this could easily have turned into something sugar coated and schmalzy. Yet though the feel good moments come thick and fast, Rocky discovers that in this capricious world, courage and niceness do not guarantee a storybook ending. As the movie progresses, it becomes increasingly heartrending to watch. Eric Stolz, as the boy (based on a real life character) is so natural and engaging that within minutes you have forgotten the layers of makeup which turn him into someone horribly deformed, and consequently feel his pain as he encounters prejudice and cruelty outside of his 'family', the protective biker group, and of course, Cher, playing the mother in a very fine big screen debut.
In the genre of 'overcoming tragedy and the odds' movies, this is surely one of the best, yet also one of the most painful.
In the genre of 'overcoming tragedy and the odds' movies, this is surely one of the best, yet also one of the most painful.
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