There's something about an empty sheet of paper. All the possibilities are there, and they're endless. You can write down a name, a number, a question, and they could all form the beginning of countless tales, stories that could be remembered and hailed, or forgotten and laughed at, for years to come.
There's something about a shriveled-up, scribbled-upon sheet of paper. It suggests history, hardship, work. In a way it's sad; all the potential is gone. In another way, it's…
Uncle Drew is life.
Like life, we witness things we don't understand and have to wrestle with. Like life, we have to see meaning in what is there, in what moves us, physically and spiritually. Like life, you miss a hundred percent of the shots you don't take.
Like life, it is constantly there, looming on the horizon, something present that we so often choose not to engage with, instead staying in your cave and admire it at a distance…
Dax has no redeeming qualities except for his interest in basketball, and even that's just for the money.
Through this film he finds value in himself, just cause he can shoot a ball and deal with something he's been struggling with since high school, yet I don't believe it at all. That might be the biggest problem for me now; there's not enough juice here, it's too simple a comedy with little depth.
Or maybe I've just seen it so…
Jesus Christ. Holy shit. What the fuck.
Four minutes into this, I had already decided that I would give this film five stars. It's that good. The rest of it did not disappoint, but fucking hell. Goddamn it.
Piano music will never be the same.
About 30 minutes into this, I broke. Completely. And pretty much stayed in that state for the rest of the film.
A quiet, intense, honest, bitter and utterly heartbreaking look at love. Possibly the best movie I've seen in a long, long time. There are so many great things about it, so much that I loved. So many clever uses, fantastic performances, fantastic scenes.... I can't praise this movie enough. It's fantastic that even in our times, there are people capable of telling stories about love that actually feel fresh.
I loved it.
