Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated The 5th Quarter (2010) in Movies
Aug 17, 2020
While the story is true and quite good, there are events in the movie that I feel were added for cinematic effect, which in and of itself isn't terrible, but in the broad scheme of the movie they were absolutely not needed.
The story is good enough when told that it didn't need some of the filler that was added and unfortunately some of the filler was never actually tied into the actual story, which I found disappointing. Also, while I understand that it was done in an effort to appeal to a larger audience, some of the language in the film was more vulgar than what I though was appropriate for a film that touted itself with religion as the underlying grace.
If you've read many of my reviews, you know that I don't necessarily have a problem with vulgarity in general, but when a movie makes a claim as one thing and then presents itself as another, that's a bit of a crux for me personally.
Beyond that, Aidan Quinn and Andie MacDowell were both brilliant in their respective roles.
The Devoted
Book
Fan Favorite Suzanne Woods Fisher Offers Readers Tender Romance, Humor, and Plenty of...
Amish Amish Fiction Fiction Romance
The Islamic Enlightenment
Book
The Islamic Enlightenment: a contradiction in terms? The Muslim world has often been accused of a...
Religion History
Enough Said
Book
How do we discuss serious ideas in the age of 24-hour news? What was rhetoric in the past and what...
Essays Politics
Large Animals: Stories
Book
Jess Arndt’s striking debut collection confronts what it means to have a body. Boldly straddling...
Fiction social issues
Free the Darkness
Book
Raised and trained in seclusion at a secret fortress on the edge of the northern wilds of the...
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
Book
“One of our country’s absolutely finest novelists.” —Peter Straub, New York Times...
Fantasy
Zama
Antonio di Benedetto and Esther Allen
Book
First published in 1956, Zama is now universally recognized as one of the masterpieces of modern...
Fiction classics
Night Watch (Дозоры #1)
Book
Set in contemporary Moscow, where shape shifters, vampires, and street-sorcerers linger in the...
Voice Text
Social Networking
App
Just use your voice to send texts! Speak into your phone and the app immediately convert your words...
