So, The New Disney Film Is Not As Heartwarming As Advertised

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 7:14pm

In this SPOILER-packed home video, two young boys express their extreme displeasure at the denouement of Disney's The Odd Life of Timothy Green supposedly the "feel good movie of the season."
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[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 7:57pm

The director has already been pretty outspoken about how mis managed this is. Wow.

[Calvin]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 8:08pm

Any moral high ground the parents might have had was negated by them filming the kids afterward.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 8:12pm

JESUS CHRIST, those kids are overreacting.

This reminds me of Robin Williams movie JACK, which was advertised as this hilarious comedy when in reality it was the most depressing film of 1996.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 8:51pm

Really disturbing and annoying. The parents recording that is terrible. Also, I remember crying over movies in the past like Free Willy and Andre, but never had I acted the way those children were.

[mominator]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 8:54pm

Yo mom and dad, ever hear of maybe like checking the movie out first? I mean the kids a re way over reacting but the parents really should have known better!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 9:17pm

Wow, those are some high maintenance kids.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 9:20pm

Something tells me that those children are not super popular at school. That was just beyond ridiculous.

And I can't tell what angle the parents are playing by posting it. The description on the Youtube page sounds as if they are a little peeved, but their reactions that you can hear during the video sounds like they are far more amused by what's going on, and even kind of egging it on.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 9:39pm

I think I'd give just about anything to sit in a room with those kids and show them SOPHIE'S CHOICE.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 9:44pm

Hell, how about just any other classic children's movie, like Bambi, or E.T., or The Lion King, or Marley and Me, or Old Yeller?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 9:48pm

No. It has to be a holocaust drama. That or SCHINDLER'S LIST. Ok, orr STEPMOM. Christ, I'm starting to cry just thinking about the ending of that one.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 9:51pm

STEPMOM!

The Fox and the Hound made me cry when I was a kid. It was so poignant.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 9:57pm

I could only watch that once. I just don't understand why the fox and the puppy couldn't be friends!!!!!!!

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 9:58pm

Or My Girl. I would love to see their reaction to the end of that one!

"Why couldn't he have his glasses on in his coffin?!?!"

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:02pm

You guys are killing me!

[strummergirl]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:03pm

Those parents are terrible.

Dumbo, E.T., and The Iron Giant were my go-to tear-jerker childhood films. The Great Mouse Detective and Pinocchio were one of the more disturbing films I ever saw, or so I thought. Then my parents let me watch The Shining at age 7.

And The Fox & The Hound film is so depressing.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:09pm

Stepmom made my dad cry. But, he wasn't acting like a fool when we got in the car after it.

Recently, I watched Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, and for some reason the ending of that makes me more sad now then when I saw it as a kid.

I told my mom about this video, and she was telling me the kids were probably faking if their parents were taping them. She could be right. Who knows.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:11pm

I remember crying after seeing Hocus Pocus as a kid. I was so upset when Bette Midler turned to stone and exploded. I loved the Sanderson sisters.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:13pm

Taking a very quick look at my wall of movies, I'd like to show them these as well -

THE JOY LUCK CLUB
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
DEAD MAN WALKING
THE COLOR PURPLE
UNTAMED HEART
TITANIC
STEPMOM
MARVIN'S ROOM
DYING YOUNG
ONE TRUE THING
THE HOURS
I AM SAM
BEACHES
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
MASK
AWAKENINGS
THE FAMILY STONE
DRIVING MISS DAISY
LORENZO'S OIL
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
DANCER IN THE DARK
IRIS
AND THE BAND PLAYED ON
PRAYERS FOR BOBBY
RABIT HOLE
RAIN MAN
GHOST
GOOD WILL HUNTING
ATONEMENT
BIG
CHILDREN OF MEN
SLEEPERS
MILK
LITTLE WOMEN

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:15pm

And let me tell you - I saw STEPMOM on Christmas day 1998 at the now deceased movie theater on 44th (I believe) and Broadway and sobbed so uncontrollably the Japanese tourists next to me offered me a handkerchief which I still have to this day.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:18pm

I love The Family Stone now (one of my three favorite Christmas movies), but I hated it after I first saw it.

Had my popcorn. Ready to enjoy a light comedy about clashing personalities with some physical humor. Completely caught off guard.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:20pm

And that's why you sobbed like you did in the car on the way home!

[SNAFU]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:20pm

Memories of The Iron Giant makes me cry just unttering the phrase "Superman!"

ET and Shindler's List just makes me annoyed at Spielberg's manipulative schmaltz!

[Wynbish]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:22pm

Couldn't even wait til then, Jordan. Damn that Luke Wilson and his crying to his dad.

I saw this interview Keira and James did about Atonement, where she said that the planned but much maligned original ending was to have Robbie and Cecilia smile and wave at Briony in their ghostly form. That would have been horrible, which Keira agrees with.

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[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/20/12 at 10:25pm

The entire scene with "Hav urslf a mry litle Xmas" makes me weep and then at the end when they all get the pictures...I need to lie down just thinking about it.