Door to Door

Rating:
Summary: Horrible... PEOPLE WAKE UP!!!!!
Review: This movie is built on a stinky premise. It is a movie that tries to pull emotional strings based on the protagonist's attempt to overcome a handicap. The problem is that the protagonist does not truly overcome his handicap; he exploits it!

The protagonist is a fabulous salesman because he is tremendously persistent (good thing or maybe just annoying?) and he evokes lots of pity in his sales victims (bad thing). Hello!!! You have to be a really cold fish to slam the door on someone as opportunistically handicapped as the protagonist. I would buy his wares, which are probably useless, just to not feel so bad about the guy's plight.

The protagonist's employment choice is not a shining example of the triumphant human spirit. Far from it. If you want to be uplifted then read about Stephen Hawking overcoming his handicap and doing extraordinary things or Shackleton's South Pole explorations. No appeals for pity are necessary. Slam the door on this sham of a movie.

Rating:
Summary: Very entertaining
Review: Very entertaining, even treating about a sad situation. With William H. Macy you just can't go wrong. His a brilliant underrated actor. In this movie, he even writes the screenplay.

Also, there's Helen Mirren (the "Morgana" from "EXCALIBUR", perfect as ever.

Rating:
Summary: Door to Door
Review: William H Macy is the most underrated actor in the world today! This is a role for the ages. Macy brings his subtle nuances to the real-life character of Bill Porter, perhaps the most inspirational "salesman" on the planet. This is Bill Porter's story from beginning to end and what agreat story it is. The triumph of one man speaks to us all in a film that moves at a pace that allows the viewer the true enjoyment of knowing a character. At the end of this film, you may laugh or you may cry, but you will never forget Bill Porter and extrordinary story. The supporting cast, especially Helen Miren provide the perfect cast for this perfect story! For a memorable evening of true story-telling at its best, buy and watch Door to Door.

Rating:
Summary: OSCAR MATERIAL!! A STELLAR CAST AND PERFORMANCE!!
Review: William H. Macy as Watkins salesman Bill Porter gives the performance of a lifetime in this drama that took me through a range of emotions in seconds. Kyra Sedgewick does an admirable job as Shelly, Porter's assistant and dear friend. Kathy Baker's role as his best customer, Gladys, was also quite moving. Helen Mirren plays Bill Porter's mother and deserves the highest praise for portraying a strong woman who gives never-ending encouragement to her son, proving that "patience and persistence" will overcome all things, including his cerebral palsey. All in all, this is one of the DON'T MISS movies of your life. This is a true story where each character was played with brilliance. Once you see it, you have to see it again and again. I paid a HIGH price for the VHS on eBay and have watched it six times thus far - I never tire of that warm fuzzy this movie provides. See it, Buy it, Share it, and visit ... to see the REAL Bill Porter and his story, which is also his Watkins website!

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Summary: Meet The Real Bill Porter
Review: William H. Macy did a wonderful job of bringing forth the story of Bill Porter, a man with Cerebral Palsy, who sold Watkins products from "Door to Door"... in fact, he was the last "Door to Door" salesman that Watkins had (when Watkins like most other Multi Level Marketing Companies started to go over to telephone ordering and the internet). To find out more about Mr. Porter, you can visit his website ... . Knowing Mr. Porter, seeing this film with Mr. Macy's acting, and from a family with a member who has Cerebral Palsy, it was easy to see how well this film was done. Very true to life, and a true credit and honor to the man who is Bill Porter.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: William Macy, like no other actor I think, can evoke such feelings of compassion. He is also plays a very likeable developmentally disabled person in this film. Bring a Kleenex box along when you view this movie. As a parent of a severely disabled autistic boy, I felt for the character who was limited in his coping skills but who tried and tried and tried to make his life meaningful and to help others through his job as a traveling salesman. Detractors may say Macy over acts, but I think his character makes a sterling point, that people can overcome their severe disabilities with perseverance and the constancy that evolves from the honesty of the human heart.

A+

Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"