Man In The Chair

A thick syrup of sentimental fiction smothers a reasonable idea. Michael Angarano plays Cameron, a troubled LA high-school dropout motivated only by his dream of winning a short film competition with help from a golden-hearted old curmudgeon played by Christopher Plummer; this cantankerous grump was once an electrician on Citizen Kane, and he persuades all the other adorable geezers in their Motion Picture retirement home to form the crew for young Cameron's film. It's very, very familiar stuff and every crisis and narrative progression feels forced and phoney. Spirited performance from Plummer, though.

An excellent performance from Mr Plummer as a grumpy,boozy,ex film technician who helps a college kid make a short 10 minute film.M Emmett Walsh looks very frail,or is that just down to good acting?
The plot is fairly predictable and,at times,a wee bit too sentimental.But what's wrong with that? Isn't that what we go to the movies for,to have our heart-strings tugged now and again?

I haven't seen it myself, I nicked that review from The Guardian, they have slagged off some of my favourite films, so I wouldn't worry about it if you liked the film.