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Summary: Dumb motivation in a movie with great acting.
Review: The cast is really wonderful -- especially Melanie Griffith and Penelope Ann Miller. But Patrick Swayze hitting the road for a 2000 mile road trip with a very unstable ex-girlfriend (Griffith) to see the son he never had was so forced and almost laughable the way it was handled. To up and leave his wife (Miller) stranded at a restaurant that way was not at all believeable. That's the fault of the script, not the actors. It just wasn't thought out enough. There's a really touching scene in the airplane between Miller and Steven Bauer (one of Griffith's real-life exs) that was award worthy. Unfortunately, this movie would never have made 20 bucks had it been released in theatres. You're better off with a DVD. And yes, the song is really, really beautiful. Wish I could find this on CD.
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Summary: A little to forced and fast paced for my taste
Review: The movie seemed to move to quickly without having a chance to really know the characters. Big parts of information were left out until the end and it was hard to feel the emotion needed to really get in touch with the film. The acting seemed too artificial probably because the characters had not really gotten to play opposite one another very often except for Melanie's and Patrick's characters. It just didn't allow your feelings to build and grow. It just went from one conflict to another, until it just seemed to far-fetched. I really do like all the actors, Melanie Griffith, Patrick Swayze, even the young boy who played their son, loved him in Sweet Jane! Anyways, they just couldn't get this picture to be more than 2 stas for me, I wish it could have been more, since they had such talented actors! Lisa Nary
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Summary: IT WAS GREAT!!!
Review: THE MOVIE WAS GREAT, MOST OF ALL I LOVED THE MUSIC.
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Summary: Forever Lulu or Along for the Ride?
Review: The overall movie Forever Lulu-2000, excuse me "Loving Lulu" oops "Along for the ride" whew! too many names to mention. I wonder why this movie has so many names?
Forever Lulu is an excellent movie, great actors,loved the dancing scene and excellent music. One song in particular titled "Eyeballin" is written and sung by Chicago Bluesman Lonnie Brooks. He is just one heck of an entertainer, we love him! The song works with this movie.
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Summary: Surprisingly Heartwarming Story, but lack of DVD features
Review: The production of this DVD is quite cheap. You find only trailer and the moive, not even subtitles. Yet, the story is quite touchy. It may spare you a tear at the end of the film. Both Patrick Swayze and Melanie Griffith gives their great performing. Overall the movie is very heartwarming, much better than I expected.
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Summary: Along for a wonderful experience
Review: This DVD of the cable film from STARZ, Forever Lulu, received terrible reviews but I think it is an extraordinary story of two people, Lulu (Melanie Griffith) and Ben (Patrick Swayze) who shared a summer romance and tragically experience the descent of Lulu (Melanie Griffith) into mental illness. Sixteen years later, escaping from a halfway mental health home, Lulu sneaks away to see Ben and to his surprise tells him about a son he does not know he has. They drive to Wisconsin to see the boy while Ben's wife, Helen (Penelope Ann Miller), threatened by this intrusion into their marriage and unresolved feelings over the death of their young son, follows them to Wisconsin and after an emotional meeting of the three, each struggles to resolve their conflicting feelings and unsettling switches of roles. The three all travel to see the son who initially rejects his new found parents but comes to understand why their relationship happened and why they could not be a family. Finally, Ben and Lulu realize they will always be in love with each other but can only remain a memory. Wonderful performances and a real examination of the discrimination of those with mental illness but the power of Griffith to overcome the stigma, "(to son after he apologizes for calling his mother crazy) I am crazy, it makes it easier that way." This film, while not based on a strong script, works on many levels making you feel the pathos of the relationship between these characters stumbling to deal with their feelings and the circumstances of their lives. The score is worth the price of the DVD, ("Say Goodbye", written by Serge Colbert, Mark Portman & Alan Rich and performed by Lauren Kinkade). Get out a box of Kleenix if you like to drain your sinuses.
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Summary: AKA: "Forever Lulu"....Great Cast....Emotional Ride
Review: This review refers to the DVD edition of "Along For The Ride"... You may have already seen this film and not even realize it. When I first viewed it on cable TV it was titled "Forever Lulu". I came across "Along For The Ride" at my local video store and soon discovered it was the same film. The story is multifaceted. It is dramatic and sad, funny and poignant. The characters are very human, and you can't help getting invovled with their intense and emotional relationships. There was a time, many years ago when Ben and Lulu(Patrick Swayze/Melanie Griffith) were deeply in love. Their relationship ended though, as Lulu's state of mind became very fragile and a young Ben could not cope. Years later, Lulu, still not entirely well, calls a now married Ben with some shocking news. They have a son, now a teenager, and they must go to him. Ben out of a sense of responsiblity, and guilt at leaving her years before, embarks on a wild ride across country with Lulu. Ben and his wife Claire(Penelope Ann Miller) though, were still suffering from a tragic loss in their own lives, and all was not right with them.Claire refuses to watch her marriage disintergrate, while Lulu tries to rekindle an old love.Each of the three must deal with their own demons, and with each other, as the relationships bring out the worst and the best of them. Directed and written by John Kaye, the story and the characters develop nicely as we go "Along For The Ride". In what could have turned out to be like an episode from the Jerry Springer show, this film comes across as a very human look at these relationships and mental illness. Swayze, Griffith and Miller portray these complex characters wonderfully. A great supporting cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Richard Schiff, Annnie Corley, Steven Bauer and a charming cameo by Michael J.Pollard. The DVD(mine has Third Row Center shown as the studio of release, although it appears to be the same edition as the one here)has a nice picture, in full frame, with good color.The sound is very good.There is a theatrical trailer included. This is one of those films, you may want to rent first and check it out. I enjoyed it enough to watch it often, but it may not be for everybody. Some scenes(an attempted suicide) may even be a bit disturbing to some. It is rated R for langauge and brief nudity. Check it out....Laurie
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Summary: AKA: "Forever Lulu"....Great Cast....Emotional Ride
Review: This review refers to the DVD edition of "Along For The Ride"... You may have already seen this film and not even realize it. When I first viewed it on cable TV it was titled "Forever Lulu". I came across "Along For The Ride" at my local video store and soon discovered it was the same film. The story is multifaceted. It is dramatic and sad, funny and poignant. The characters are very human, and you can't help getting invovled with their intense and emotional relationships. There was a time, many years ago when Ben and Lulu(Patrick Swayze/Melanie Griffith) were deeply in love. Their relationship ended though, as Lulu's state of mind became very fragile and a young Ben could not cope. Years later, Lulu, still not entirely well, calls a now married Ben with some shocking news. They have a son, now a teenager, and they must go to him. Ben out of a sense of responsiblity, and guilt at leaving her years before, embarks on a wild ride across country with Lulu. Ben and his wife Claire(Penelope Ann Miller) though, were still suffering from a tragic loss in their own lives, and all was not right with them.Claire refuses to watch her marriage disintergrate, while Lulu tries to rekindle an old love.Each of the three must deal with their own demons, and with each other, as the relationships bring out the worst and the best of them. Directed and written by John Kaye, the story and the characters develop nicely as we go "Along For The Ride". In what could have turned out to be like an episode from the Jerry Springer show, this film comes across as a very human look at these relationships and mental illness. Swayze, Griffith and Miller portray these complex characters wonderfully. A great supporting cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Richard Schiff, Annnie Corley, Steven Bauer and a charming cameo by Michael J.Pollard. The DVD(mine has Third Row Center shown as the studio of release, although it appears to be the same edition as the one here)has a nice picture, in full frame, with good color.The sound is very good.There is a theatrical trailer included. This is one of those films, you may want to rent first and check it out. I enjoyed it enough to watch it often, but it may not be for everybody. Some scenes(an attempted suicide) may even be a bit disturbing to some. It is rated R for langauge and brief nudity. Check it out....Laurie
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Summary: Along for the ride
Review: This wasnt the best acted movie of all time..but sometimes that isnt what Im looking for in a movie anyway...there are times when I want to watch a movie because it somewhat parallels my own life...such is the case with this movie..knowing you love someone and that he loves you..but, for reasons you cant control...its a love that wont ever be.....I liked Melanie Griffith's character and the way she played her...and Swayze is never hard on the eyes...it helped, too, that he drove a Mustang like mine in the movie...My one big disappointment is that I cant find, anywhere,a soundtrack or even the ending song to buy, download or just listen to...if anyone out there has any info on securing the music...Id love to know.
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Summary: A touch of the heart
Review: Truly, a "chick flick", as a mother, I can relate to knowing your child. About the mental state of Melanie and her desire to see the child with the father, its something a mother in the same situation would might want to do. I truly liked the movie and now own a copy of it. The ending song is what has kept me searching both on the internet and the music stores. From this sight I have obtained the information I need. Now lets find it recorded.
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