Pop & Me

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Summary: Discover this rare gem in honest film making,you'll be glad!
Review: Pop and Me, is an amazing look at the complexity of the relationship between a father and son. We follow the Father/Son film-making team on their 6 month trip around the world. Richard(the father)Roe is looking to re-capture the feeling of being a father, his son Chris is looking for an all expenses paid trip around the world so he can make a film. Along the way, the trip begins to become much more than either had originally anticipated, and we truly see an extraordinary father/son combo. The documentary consists of many nuggets of other father/son interviews which are often touching, and haunting. Of note is the spectacular editing job, and the pure beauty of a father and son re-discovering the roles of father and son. I once wrote Chris Roe to let him know the importance of what he and his father were able to accomplish, he responded by thanking me for the support, and urging myself to let others know about this film: Please rent,buy, steal (just kidding!) this film now!

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Summary: mixed message
Review: The premise of this movie was great: travel around the world with your father and interview other father/sons about their relationship. Unfortunately, the father and son who did this appeared to have a crummy relationship, mainly due to the immaturity and selfishness of the father, Richard Roe.

A second premise of the movie addresses the emptiness sons feel when their fathers have deserted them. However it assumes that having a father present, even when he is not supportive or loving, is better than no father figure at all. This is not convincing. For all the "I love you's" from Mr. Roe to his son, his actions in the movie, and the DVD outtakes, show he was foul mouthed tyrant that had to control everything, leaving little regard for his son's input, and at one point in India, his son's health. The main point of contention centered around money (apparently Richard Roe had never heard of the word "allowance", but had to tightly control all expenditures).

The highlights of the movie are the interviews from around the world of fathers and their sons. The movie is worth seeing if just for these interviews. However, it is disappointing to discover in the credits at the end of the movie that many other father/son pairs were interviewed from other parts of the world, but they did not appear in the movie. Perhaps these other interviews were not as gripping as those presented, but I think they would have been more interesting then the petty interplay between the Roe's. The movie is worth seeing if just for these interviews.

Rating:
Summary: mixed message
Review: The premise of this movie was great: travel around the world with your father and interview other father/sons about their relationship. Unfortunately, the father and son who did this appeared to have a crummy relationship, mainly due to the immaturity and selfishness of the father, Richard Roe.

A second premise of the movie addresses the emptiness sons feel when their fathers have deserted them. However it assumes that having a father present, even when he is not supportive or loving, is better than no father figure at all. This is not convincing. For all the "I love you's" from Mr. Roe to his son, his actions in the movie, and the DVD outtakes, show he was foul mouthed tyrant that had to control everything, leaving little regard for his son's input, and at one point in India, his son's health. The main point of contention centered around money (apparently Richard Roe had never heard of the word "allowance", but had to tightly control all expenditures).

The highlights of the movie are the interviews from around the world of fathers and their sons. The movie is worth seeing if just for these interviews. However, it is disappointing to discover in the credits at the end of the movie that many other father/son pairs were interviewed from other parts of the world, but they did not appear in the movie. Perhaps these other interviews were not as gripping as those presented, but I think they would have been more interesting then the petty interplay between the Roe's. The movie is worth seeing if just for these interviews.

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Summary: Viewer from Redondo Beach
Review: This film has the power to touch anyone who watches it. While titled Pop & Me, this film is about more than a relationship between father and son...it is about a relationship between parent and child. The film is a realistic and refreshing approach to the challenges we face not only from a parents perspective but from a childs as well. One can't help but draw correlations from Richard and Chris' struggles to those endured and played out in our own parent/child relationships. During the film I laughed...I cried...I laughed again...and then I cried again...and ultimately I smiled and wanted to rush home and call my parents! Richard Roe is an amazing man and his son is equally impressive. It is a unique and touching film that is well worth the watch. Whether you are a son or daughter, father or mother, old or young....you will relate and enjoy this film!!!

Rating:
Summary: Viewer from Redondo Beach
Review: This film has the power to touch anyone who watches it. While titled Pop & Me, this film is about more than a relationship between father and son...it is about a relationship between parent and child. The film is a realistic and refreshing approach to the challenges we face not only from a parents perspective but from a childs as well. One can't help but draw correlations from Richard and Chris' struggles to those endured and played out in our own parent/child relationships. During the film I laughed...I cried...I laughed again...and then I cried again...and ultimately I smiled and wanted to rush home and call my parents! Richard Roe is an amazing man and his son is equally impressive. It is a unique and touching film that is well worth the watch. Whether you are a son or daughter, father or mother, old or young....you will relate and enjoy this film!!!