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A half an old Elton John ballad? Ninety seconds and a quick edit.

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One old Elton John ballad?

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One-point-five old Elton John ballads?

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Two old Elton John ballads?

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Two and a half freaking Elton John ballads?

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Three, I said three, old Elton John ballads?

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As many as three and half old Elton John ballads?

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Four, could it be four old Elton John ballads? Thats two Mona Lisas and two Mad Hatters.

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Four and half old Elton John ballads? And we're talking "Funeral for a Friend" here.

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Five old Elton John ballads? If so, you get the cigarette lighter for free.

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Edgy DC Jun 06 2006 08:13 AM

Yet another traumatized twentysomething with a glamourous profession coming from the big city forced by circumstances to return to a red-state home for a short trip that turns into an opportunity to confront their demons and disappointments and meet a new love interest. The twist here is that the protagonist is returning, as John Denver says, "to a home he never knew before," going to his father's Kentucky hometown, to collect the body of his father who has died among his friends and extended family, who the protagonist barely knows. Cameron Crowe is revisiting a lot of his favorite themes and styles and drenches this in his record collection.

RealityChuck Jun 06 2006 08:57 AM

Very unimpressive. The final road trip sequence goes on forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and then ends up exactly the way you knew it would end up when he started. The rest of the film never rises above mediocre. A real disappointment.

Edgy DC Jun 06 2006 09:20 AM

Yeah, there should be a French award for most excruciating denoument. That sequence also gets some sort of Forest Gump Award for soundtrack padding.

Elster88 Jun 06 2006 10:13 AM

I kind of like Funeral for a Friend. It's relaxing...and yet not.

Edgy DC Jun 06 2006 11:43 AM

I'm certainly not knocking any of the selections; just the cinematic abuse.

Vic Sage Jun 06 2006 12:02 PM

i love Crowe as a filmmaker, but i heard this one was a dog. I've been reluctant to see it.