There are films that one will watch where you are completely enamored with the concept and will continue to slog through a movie’s underachievement with that concept. This is certainly what I was going through while watching Ideal Home, the recently released film in which Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan play husbands who have a
Philomena is a film in the vein of most of the Weinstein Company films: a solid movie that doesn’t do too much or too little, rests on some good performances and snappy dialogue. The movie, which is out this week, was runner up for the Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and comes out with a certain pedigree. Thankfully this small flick manages to be enjoyable, if a little bit too well meaning, on its way to a pretty good conclusion.