In one delightful scene, George, working alone at night in the store, dances through the aisles.Įvery role is performed with verve and humor. The film makes time for us to get to know the characters and for them to get to know each other. Screenwriter Brad Copeland ("Arrested Development") and director Lena Khan keep things moving briskly, with energetic action scenes accompanied by lively needle-drops, ranging from OK Go to Cat Stevens, Bill Withers, and Tom Jones. It is all done with a light touch, though some families may be sensitive to issues like traumatic blindness, parental separation, and the threat of euthanizing an animal. The superhero power of this movie comes from its endearingly offbeat characters, goofy humor, and gentle insights about finding optimism even when things go wrong. Flora observes Ulysses, and in spite of herself, she begins to hope. Like Don Marquis' "vers libre bard," Archy the cockroach, he leaves a poem on Phyllis' old-style typewriter. Or, rather, she names him Ulysses after she rescues him from a Roomba-style outdoor vacuum cleaner, involving mouth-to-squirrel-mouth resuscitation. One of her favorite books is called Terrible Things Can Happen to You.īut wonderful things can happen, too. Observe." She calls herself a cynic and likes to prepare for the worse. We first see her selling her comic book collection because superheroes who "come to us with a purpose, to save those in need and to stand watch when danger closes in" do not ever show up in the real world. She and hopes that buying an old-fashioned typewriter will help her connect to a new story.įlora is feeling disconnected, too. But the separation from George has made it hard for her to write about love. Framed book covers of her books decorate the walls and she is very proud of a Jack and Rose trophy awarded by Romantic Living Magazine. Phyllis writes romance novels, with characters she says are kind of like superheroes.
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