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Summary: Absolutely The Worst
Review: It's no accident that this film was written and directed by Larry Kasdan, a former ad agent. The ideas are about as deep and thought-provoking as a Tide commercial. You've got to laugh at all the encounter groupies and EST adherents who have written Amazon reviews praising this garbage. The film is perfectly suited to their mushy thinking.
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Summary: Only In Hollywood
Review: I just got suckered into buying the Grand Canyon DVD on the basis of critques of the three previous reviewers. Boy, was I taken for a ride. This is perhaps the most specious film ever made -- pure candle-and-incense crowd hooey! I agree with the New York Times here -- this is pure Hollywood apocalyptic bunkum.
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Summary: Not just for white, liberal hollywood types
Review: I am so surprised at the negative reviews. I don't usually write these, but I loved this movie so much, I had to voice my opinion, (AND buy the DVD!!!)
This movie encompasses my whole philosophy about life:
1) There are no accidents. / Everything happens for a reason.
2) Miracles happen around us all the time.
3) What you do does affect other people's lives, no matter how insignificant you may think you are.The "best" negative review I read had to be the guy from London who didn't think LA should be portrayed to have traffic jams, riots, or racism. Willing to bet he's never been to the US??? Priceless.
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Summary: Timely, Oscar-worthy Film
Review: No other movie encapsulated the early 1990's quite like Grand Canyon. The L.A. riots must have had a profound effect on the filmmaker. Danny Glover gives an Oscar-worthy performance as the gentle and profound voice of reason in a troubled time. Mary McDonnell's character is tender and forceful. Steve Martin's role as a reformed Rambo-style director is also noteworthy. The way the characters' lives intertwine is simply great storytelling. [DW]
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Summary: Steve in Houston
Review: I love that this film so polarizes its viewers! Is this not the signal that something substantial is going on up on the screen? And who can keep from smiling at how ardently some online reviewers have aligned themselves with the New York Times? Okay, the Times is generally a reliable source for helping you sift through movie-going options. But is this the worst movie ever made? C'mon. This is wonderful entertainment, with a dense script and an array of first-class off- and on-screen talents. Rent it. Wherever you come down between one star and five, you won't be sorry for giving yourself over to Kasdan's film. A movie that provokes viewers the way Grand Canyon does can't be all bad. And it just might not be bad at all.
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Summary: people who are giving this movie 5 stars, plain crazy
Review: I have never heard of this movie. I'm am going to be attending a film school in Chicago this fall and i feel i need to take a bath or somehow get that time back in my life that i wasted watching this movie. When the movie concluded I basically compared it to, Cobra with Mr. Stallone and movies like american pie. Horrible type movies that are made for the sake of making money. I am currently a freshman at a community college and the class was forced to watch this garbage for my Eng 103 class. The teacher is a little crazy and wierd, so it kind of fit that she would make us watch a horrible movie. and for those of you calling this movie a "film" i think not. When you say the word movie i think of "Grand Canyon" "Sudden Death" "Under Siege" "Animal House" "kickboxer" "total recall", and when you say film, things that come to mind are "Schindler's List" American Beauty" "The Man Who Wasn't There" "Good Will Hunting" "The Godfather" "On the Waterfront" "A Streetcar Named Desire" films of that caliber, calling Grand Canyon a film is truly ridicoulus and those people need a reality check. This Would have been better of a tv movie fit into 45 minutes, however even then i wouldnt have watched it
~~~~~please, i'm begging you if you buy this movie you'll regret it, so don't. Just remember you'll never get that time back in your life. Horrible movie, try one of the films I listed and stay away from this one.
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Summary: In clear talk, I will discuss this movie
Review: This movie has some tremendous things to say.
- Always count on the bad happening; if you survive, your bound to see it come back the other way.
- Life is crazy, but some of it is good. If the Grand Canyon is life, then it is not all bad.
- People have similar needs and make the mistake of isolating themselves, instead of getting together.
- For the people that have it really bad, what exactly keeps them going? Habit?
- How sigificant are our lives? Do our worries mean nothing in reality? In this film you will see a white man and a black man get together and discover that they have similar needs and actually make great friends. This film questions life and it does so in a way that is apt. The problem might be, that we are not used to getting so much truth out of a movie. But, the ideas in Grand Canyon are worth consideration for intergration into ones lifestyle. Its sort of self-help like; only that, it is really good information. thank you
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Summary: Who Can Argue With the New York Times?
Review: Last year the New York Times named "Grand Canyon" the worst film ever made. The paper of record called it, among other things, sententious, pretentious and dishonest. I can't argue with The Times on any point.
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Summary: good social commentary
Review: I watched this movie last night.I found it be very interesting, nothing out of this world, but I was impressed by some of the social statements made, like danny Glover when he talks to his nephew about being good out on the street, and he tells him "what are you going to come up with some great idea to clean up the streets that no one else has thought of". The central thought of this movie is that the world is chaos, that really we don't have any control, even though we'd like to think we do.I felt this movie was alright and could be used to teach us about the world we live in. I'm surprised to read the reviews of people who disliked this movie. It's sad because every year Hollywood puts out stupid cinderella romance movies, that within the first five minutes of watching the movie I already know how it's going to end and I gain nothing from it, but when Hollywood puts out a movie with social commentary on the world we just bash it. People want perfection in a world that isn't perfect, this movie isn't great by any means but at least this time hollywood tried to make a movie that made us think about the world around us, as opposed to another boring tearjerker about the guy who always gets the girl.
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Summary: Grand Disaster!
Review: First of all, the film is hollow as stated in a review below. That's not just whiny ignorance from someone who refused to look beyond the front. That said, onlt the whinily ignorant would favor the movie. It was a bleak and depressing and was beyond unenjoyable. It has an overrated cast that underachieves at every turn, and, on any level, it just doesn't work. Lawrence Kasdan, the former PR man from Michigan, is just selling soap, and ersatz soap at that. You need a cleansing shower after watching this one.
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