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The Boys are Back *****

Lora and I watched this terrific Australian movie "The Boys are Back" last night.  I was watching it for the second time in two days because I watched it Thursday night and then decided I wanted to share it with Lora because I was pretty sure she'd love it.   8-)
It's the story of a father raising his two sons after his wife dies of cancer.  The photography is spectacular, the music, mostly by my favorite Icelandic band Sigur Ros is perfect.  (Of course the only other Icelandic band I know is Bjork and I can't stand her.)  I think the reason I liked the movie so much was not only the great acting, which it has, or the great music and photography, but the fact that the father decides to "Just Say Yes" and the resulting family relations are very much of the "unschooling" sort, in spite of the fact that the boys are in school.  The reviews say it's based on a true story too, so that's even better.  It could have been a sappy melodrama but it manages not to be that at all.  I give this movie 5 stars and say it's a must see.  Rent it now!  :-D

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2660337920/tt0926380

(Personally I think the title is lame, I'd have called it "Just Say Yes.")

1 -- Larry Devich http://larry-devich.blogspot.com/ It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission

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