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Summary: Addictive
Review: "Hugo Pool" is a comedy/drama with a addictive quality. On first viewing it seems uneven and uninteresting, but a balanced and talented cast help you climb inside the characters heads. The film follows a day in the life of pool cleaner Hugo. She has 40 clients -including a mob boss who doesn't want disapointing - and one pair of hands. So she asks her gambling mother and father to help her through the day. All in all "Hugo Pool" is a cleverly written and enjoyable film.
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Summary: Highly recommended for ALS patience, friends and family
Review: A great character piece, with an ensemble cast. Directed by Robert Downey Sr. & starring Robert Downey Jr. in a supporting role, it deals with the topic of ALS as only someone with experience could tell. (Mrs. Robert Downey Sr. passed away from ALS) Patrick Dempsey plays the ALS patient perfectly, right down to the head bobs and we even get to see into the rich mental life of these mute heroes. For anyone suffering with ALS or familiar with someone who does, it's a great movie to show that the disease doesn't stop us from being human.
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Summary: ALYSSA ROCK'S AS HUGO !
Review: ALYSSA MILANO ROCKS AS HUGO DUGAY! SHE MAKES THE CHARACTER FUNNY AND EXCITING. HER MOOD IN THIS VIDEO IS LIKE HER CHARACTER PHEOBE HALLIWELL FROM "CHARMED" EXCEPT FOR RUDE COMMENTS AND OTHER DECISIONS. I RECCOMEND THIS MOVIE 2 ANYONE WHO IS A FAN OF ALYSSA MILANO OR WHO JUST WANT A great MOVIE TO WATCH!
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Summary: Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'
Review: And I guess it is.
But really, this is more affecting than off-putting as some of the reviews below have suggested.
The title of the film refers to the lovely Alyssa Milano, who owns a pool-cleaning business. Robert Downey, Jr., Malcom McDowell, Richard Lewis, Cathy Moriarty, and Patrick Dempsey also star in the film.
I found the film fresh, refreshing, and a mild surprise. You'd expect a film where one of the principal characters is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) to perhaps lapse into deep maudlin territory, but it doesn't. Instead, the thread of other stories, all revolving around an effort to fill mobster Lewis' pool in the middle of a drought, balance each other out to lend a sense of lightness and humor to the enterprise.
It's a fun film to watch. Unlike other reviewers, I wasn't put off by Penn's or Downey's performances. I thought they were fine. In a movie such as this, you don't expect slavish adherence to some 'truth' as you might demand from a factual work. The movie is more of a flight of fancy, and it's enjoyable as such.
Another thing to comment on is the wonderful cinemaphotography. The lush, vibrant colors go well with the over-all tone of the movie.
Recommended.
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Summary: Delightfully Eccentric
Review: Despite a lack of some conventional plot elements, the cast of this film is remarkably charming, quirky, and enjoyable. The characters are quite memorable, and the nudity referenced in another review is actually rather discreet. Quite possibly Malcom McDowell's most endearing performance to date. Patrick Dempsey is lovable as a Lou Gehrig's disease sufferer, and Alyssa Milano is charming as the gal-in-need-of-a-break, Hugo. Quite the sleeper. END
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Summary: great movie!!
Review: Hugo Pool is a GREAT movie i think...Any Alyssa Milano fan would love this movie! shes cute and her acting is great in it! even if u dont like Alyssa this movie is good movie for people who like drama, romance and comedy! highly recommend buying it!!
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Summary: Alyssa makes it what it is
Review: Hugo Pool to me didnt seem to have a definate story line to it. I do love the movie though, simply because the lovely Alyssa Milano is in it. Without Alyssa the movie wouldnt be as good as it is.
I enjoyed Cathy Moriarty's character.
I did also feel for Patrick Dempsey's character to.
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Summary: A chip off the ole (?)
Review: I am one for the unusual. Scarry movies don't scare me unless they are the calibur of 'Straw Dogs'? (it came close to scarring the _hit outta me). I loved the weird come-off's; the guy asking the lil boy if he had told his step-father that 'he was a piece of _hit'. . and everything 'ring-dang-doo'. My son from the Air Force knew that I would love this movie and rented it for me. I BOUGHT MY OWN ON DVD. I am one who thinks that "The Three Amigo's" was anything BUT a 1986 box office flop. . .(of course, I like music, western's, air planes, singing horses, bar scene. . MUST I GO ON!!!!!)
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Summary: This MOVIE RULED!!!
Review: I dunno why....but I liked it....the guy with the puppet, Sean Penn....the shoes...THE PUPPET!! IT RULED! IT'S THE GREATEST MOVIE IVE EVER SEEN AND IVE SEEN ALOT OF MOVIES!!!
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Summary: Great Alyssa Milano Vehicle, If nothing else....
Review: I first saw this movie when it was on cable and since my eyes (among other things) perk up when I see the lovely and much underrated Alyssa Milano, I purchased the DVD recently.As a movie, it has its charms, although practically all the actors should be wearing "contractual obligation" t-shirts because their efforts and expressions fairly shout out "I can't believe I'm doing this either". Where to begin? Well, Alyssa Milano shines in this movie, it is hers and her mere presence elevates every scene she is in. Cathy Moriarty does well as her mother and deserves more screen time.
Malcolm Mc Dowell does a passable job in the cartoonishly irresponsible and drug addled role of the father. It's all downhill from there, except for Patrick Dempsey in what is essentially an non-speaking role. I've always liked his work. I would say that Sean Penn is woefully miscast and under used in his role, evoking memories of "Rain Man" as a character of no fixed purpose except to give Hugo's Father someone to talk to on the journey to get some water from the Colorado River. OH! and the blue shoes, mustn't forget them. Robert Downey Jr. Appears to have gone the method route as a completely insane and one must assume drug addicted Hollywood director. His performance might be easier to watch if it were not for his recent troubles making one think his performance is a "little too good".
Richard Lewis essentially plays himself, neuroses and all, except for being a feared mobster whose request for water to fill his 5,000 gallon pool during a drought drives the subplot containing Penn and McDowell. There are scattered colorful characters here and there that Hugo encounters on the course of her busy day that provide amusement. This DVD is hardly a classic and were it not for Ms. Milano it would be a coaster on my coffee table. She is beautiful, talented and funny and just needs a breakout role to put her over the top. Something that will make the world take notice. In summary, I feel this is an okay DVD to rent if you want 93 minutes to kill with mild amusement. Buy it only if you're a true Alyssa fan. You won't be dissapointed either way.
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