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Big Bro Netflix: The Meyerowitz Stories


(I found this photo on this blog.)



Last night after a Sunday chili supper with my son, my son went home and I finished washing the dishes; it was time for my evening relaxation time, but I couldn't settle on an engaging activity.


Flipping around on my free antenna “rabbit ears” home network system produced a choice between an old John Wayne movie and an episode of Call the Midwife on PBS.


After watching one episode of Call, I decided to read.


Reading satisfied me for a while, but after an hour or so of The Paris Wife, I was still wide awake and the white numbers on the clock said: 9: 30.


I decided to see what Netflix had to offer before I put my head on the pillow for the night.


When I opened my Netflix homepage, a new movie that looked interesting, or what I thought was a new movie, appeared in the large box.


I watched the trailer.


The movie was called The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) starring Dustin Hoffman, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson, and Elizabeth Marvel. WOW! I said to myself.




Is this a new movie?


Noah Baumbach directed and produced the movie and I remembered he did the Marriage Story which I adored.


I was in.


Dustin’s crusty old college professor performance and Adam Sandler’s serious acting hooked me right off the bat.


(Sometimes Sandler is too goofy for me. I enjoyed watching him play a serious although pathetically sad character - spoiler alert - until the end.)


It felt more like a play than a movie - much like Marriage Story.


Watching the inner workings of the relationships and the family dynamics fascinated me.


I loved that the character Dustin Hoffman, the dad, played a sculptor and retired college professor who apparently never made it in the New York art world. (We find out different at the end of the movie.)


The three adult children are drawn together and become closer through the pain and suffering of their aging and dying father.


When Hoffman is in the hospital the movie shows us how frustrating the medical system has become. I felt the exact same way when my mother died ten years ago. My brother, sister and I had a very similar experience with doctors, nurses, hospitals, rehabs centers,, and nursing homes.


There were so many “stories” that I could relate to, but that will be for another blog.


When I finished, I immediately said I need to watch this again, but I went to sleep.


So this morning, I did some Googling.


The movie came out on October 13, 2017.


First of all, how did Netflix know I would love this movie?


Algorithm?


Then I started to ask myself if I had seen this movie before, but I don’t think I would forget Adam Sandler’s daughter making fantastical half-nude porno-type films for her Bard College 101 Filmmaking class and the family gathering around the lap-top raving about her talent.


So, I will watch this film again in a few days and contemplate it some more.


For now, the movie will give me a plethora of things to think about.






3 Comments


Patti McCormick
Patti McCormick
Nov 13, 2021

Well! You got me hooked! I need to watch this!

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gnramsey
Nov 01, 2021

I don’t think you would include this movie in the Mediocre Movie Club! PS - I recommend Maid on Netflix.

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Paula Coder McCarthy
Paula Coder McCarthy
Nov 01, 2021
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Lol. I found the photo on that blog. I loved that scene in the movie!

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