Beautiful Joe is a well-intentioned film. The problem is that it tries for both comedy and drama, and succeeds in neither. Amiable Irishman Joe (Billy Connolly), after one of the worst days imaginable, decides to leave his adopted New York home and seek adventure. Unfortunately, he runs into Hush (Sharon Stone) and gets "Far More Adventure than He Bargained For". Stone's character is the standard beautiful-but-messed-up-woman-who-needs-rescuing that is for some mystifying reason supposed to be appealing. And yes, of course she has a mute son who just might speak if only he had the right reason. Stone is "stretching" herself here, and is clearly eager to play a character: she mugs, she drawls, she wiggles and she cries. Not a scrap of scenery escapes her gullet; at times her attempts at comedy actually become sort of upsetting. Ally McBeal's Gil Bellows turns in a similarly inept and cartoonish "comic" performance. Beautiful Joe's one saving grace is Connolly, who manages to rise above his fellow cast members and the bizarre editing to turn in a charming, dignified performance. --Ali Davis, Amazon.com
Dr Bob Shushan (Sutherland) has spent his life working to help those less fortunate than himself. But his job as director of the British Columbian Centre for the Mentally and Physically Disabled has led the workaholic Shushan unwittingly to neglect his family. Shushan's life changes dramatically the day he suffers a heart attack at the wheel of his car. His unlikely saviour is James Jones (Fox) a dishevelled and disturbed young man who works as a janitor at the centre. Shushan now has a burning new mission in life: to look behind James's ""mask"" of anti-social behaviour and help him to find both respect and a rewarding place in society. Also to track down the one person whom James really needs: the father who abandoned him many years ago.... An absorbing drama based on actual events.
Dr Bob Shushan has devoted his life to helping others - and now he's facing the greatest and most personal challenge: to help a highly disturbed young drifter. By coping with this challenge Shushan may also find the means to confront another dilemma: how to remove his own mask and re-establish a loving relationship with his estranged son Brian.
A world is dying torn apart by a colossal war the planet of Gaea is in turmoil. Civilizations have been wiped out and more are ready to fall. But a girl could change all that. An ordinary girl Hitomi finds herself suddenly transported to the mysterious planet Gaea where Earth hangs in the night sky. A planet filled with magic strange technology and legendary armor. She doesn't know it yet but her special abilities could be the key to saving an entire planet. Volume 4 of anima
A world is dying torn apart by a colossal war the planet of Gaea is in turmoil. Civilizations have been wiped out and more are ready to fall. But a girl could change all that. An ordinary girl Hitomi finds herself suddenly transported to the mysterious planet Gaea where Earth hangs in the night sky. A planet filled with magic strange technology and legendary armor. She doesn't know it yet but her special abilities could be the key to saving an entire planet. Volume 3 of animated adventures.
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