Patrick Wilson

Best Men
$9.98
I was looking for a movie for "Girl's Nite" and thought with all the actors listed - Sean Patrick Flannery, Dean Cain, Luke Wilson, Fred Ward, and Drew Barrymore - how bad could it be? As it turns out, very, very bad!

The movie opens to four men in their underwear getting dressed into tuxedos. This should have given me a clue. They go to pick up their best friend, straight out of jail, for his immediate wedding. A highly implausible script does not encourage continued viewing.

One of the guys begs to be dropped off at a bank before heading to the wedding. Here a bumbling bank robbery plot takes over. There are funny moments but not enough to warrant watching this film. I suppose casting good looking male actors was suppose to be enough.....

Hard Candy
$14.98
My girlfriend enjoyed this movie together after it arrived in great condition and in a short amount of time. Great movie and great seller.

Sins of the Past
$0.99
This is the mostly serious season where my favorite season is the musicals. Disappointed when I tried to watch via xbox which I have been able to do with other amazon titles unsupported. XENA is always 5 of 5 stars. Amazon gets the -1 star [...] lol.

Little Children
$14.98
The movie is definitely not for young children, but about characters and crisis around them, as they grow and play in a straight-laced American suburb. A voice narrates "Little Children" the movie off and on. Some scenes the narration is a plus, and others you feel talked down to. However, by performances and plot, the movie grabs you.

"Little Children" shines light on hypocrisy in everyday suburbia lives. It shows our tendencies to feel superior to the people we label as guilty of sins. Oftentimes we are guilty of sins of different sorts. There are four characters to watch - a wife who cheats on her husband, a husband who cheats on his wife, a pedophile living with his mother, a messed up cop. They are all interesting characters who do things out of public view, but know their sins as they talk of others.

What is intriguing is that we get to observe the two-faced characters, who also observe each other. There are children playing throughout - on the playground, at home, and in the swimming pool. They see and interact as the adults and parents go in and out of affairs. The main affair is between Sarah Pierce (Kate Winslet) who has an affair with a stay at home dad, Brad (Patrick Wilson). They progress in a relationship you think will end with them getting divorced and moving on - however a wacky ending will make you wonder if this was the same couple at the beginnign of the movie.

Along with the adult affairs, there is a story about the neighborhood's child molester. His name is Ronnie played superbly by Jackie Earl Haley. Ronnie is a mother's boy and shielded and cared for by her when he comes home from prison. Somehow he becomes forgivable as her love for him never fades. She is optimistic about his future.. He is hated by the neighbors who were shown on the news saying they did not want him in their neighborhood. We soon realize that he is not the only one who has hurt a child.

Overall is is good drama highlighting lies we tell ourselves to make things right. The ending is a surprise - not expected - but for me it defied logic.