Assisted Living R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 16 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 10, 2006
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Hart Sharp Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Michael Bonsignore & Maggie Riley | |
Directed by | Elliot Greenebaum | |
Screenwriting by | Elliot Greenebaum |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
Watching the movie is like conducting a conversation with a loved one stricken by Alzheimer's: It's at once moving and maddening.
Orlando Weekly
Rating: B --
In this lovely and loving film, the comedy is mellow and the mood is intimate.
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Dallas Morning News
Rating: 2/4 --
There is a tender, poignant story in here... worthy of a great 20-minute short, not enough to fill writer-director Elliot Greenebaum's rambling mock-documentary.
Salt Lake Tribune
Rating: 2.5/4 --
The whimsy Greenebaum wants to construct can't match the terminal sadness that naturally takes over the film.
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Boston Globe
Rating: 3.5/5 --
Authentically unconventional -- opening in the form of an almost convincing mock documentary -- but it gradually evolves into something more deeply affecting.
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Los Angeles Times
[D]eeply affecting....Greenebaum displays a prodigious understanding of the treatment of the elderly in contemporary America.
Los Angeles Times
Rating: B- --
It's a slight movie, setting a poignant scene but not quite filling out even its running time. Still, I like its wry sense of humor and compassionate heart.
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EricDSnider.com
Product Description:
In this surprisingly moving film, the growing trend of assisted living facilities for the elderly is examined through a lighthearted drama. The main character is a young man named Todd (Michael Bonsignore) who works as an aide in such a facility. For the most part, he struggles to cope with the day-to-day challenges of the job including Alzheimer's-afflicted patients, demanding nurses, his nagging supervisor, and the sadness that is an inherent part of working with very old people nearing death. Amazingly, he finds a way to keep everybody laughing with a combination of his slackerish pot-smoking attitude, his penchant for playing practical jokes on the residents, and his generally carefree outlook on life. The friendship he forms with one resident, Mrs. Pearlman (Maggie Riley), leads him to eventually move on, however. Writer-director Elliot Greenebaum finds a truly artistic way to communicate the difficulties that face seniors in 21st century America. Repeating imagery of hands, touching conversations about the afterlife, and general empathy for each person's unique situation add valor to this sensitive film. Most of all, ASSISTED LIVING is about helping people, and trying to make the best of aging, which is rarely an easy process.
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Product Info
- UPC: 829567031322
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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