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An aged mother buys a hotrod and goes on a cross-country journey of self-discovery in Australia, before mustering up the courage to face her estranged daughter…. More >>
Over the Hill
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Olympia Dukakis is a woman recently widowed and then all of a sudden her 60th birthday hits her. Her son wants her to move into his basement in Maine, but she decides to go see her daughter in Australia instead. Her daughter is very angry and neglectful toward Mom for reasons we don’t find out until the very end.
Mom decides to buy a muscle car and take a road trip where she meets several interesting characters, including exciting swindlers, thugs, a lonely old man, an Aborigine tribe and a strange gypsy-type guy named Dutch played by Derek Fowlds. She eventually falls in love with Dutch, but is still trying to discover herself. She is torn between romance with Dutch, wanting to make peace with her daughter and this new adventurous side of her.
We get taken through a whole gamut of emotions, mainly with Mom and Dutch and then Mom and Daughter. It’s fun and has some depth, but not as penetrating as Woody Allen films.
I like Derek Fowlds a lot and am a big fan of his, but I didn’t like that awful hair piece they made him wear. Still, I enjoyed the film over all.
Rating: 4 / 5
Over The Hill – didn’t get to watch it, it pulled when placed in the VCR, don’t know if it was the VCR or the tape! Bad deal, all the way around! Don’t know if I can return the product or not.
Rating: 1 / 5
“Over The Hill” is good. I watched it on the Independent Film Channel. What I liked most about the film: 1)The main character. 2)The engaging road story. 3)What HAPPENS in the road story. 4)The action. What I didn’t exactly like about the film: 1)The ending. Way too fast of an ending. 2)The main character’s downward slope into depression and anger. It’s a George Miller film. It seems as though he can make anything interesting. Whether it be about driving on mindless roads or cooking fish, it’s all just too entertaining. Rent first.
Rating: 4 / 5