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Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

serafinogm On a personal level take heart your troubles, even your triumphs are transitory and eventually of no import for you (however how you live your life does and will affect others)! That's the whole point of this movie and yet I failed to learn it's lesson and am continually stuck in the moment beset with regrets from the past and fears for the future and I know I'm playing a game that is fixed but more importantly temporary, yet I'm incapable of rising above the fray and see it for what it is, an accident! Because of my inability to separate my life and my reactions to life from this absurd game I make one mistake after another! Salman Rushdie said something very profound that sums up this movie beautifully (at least for me): "I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I'm gone which would not have happened if I had not come." Salman you nailed it! By the way the movie is well worth a watch! I was very emotional whereas others I've talked with couldn't have cared less! Perspective based on life experience I suppose! There's a comment from another movie (Gladiator) that in this context seems rather cogent and it is the following: "What we do in life echos in eternity" (The law of conservation of energy?)! What an amazing quote! By the way the cast gave great performances save perhaps Steve Martin whose performance seemed, at times, stilted or perhaps more correctly not genuine! Therefore I couldn't rate this wonderful film 10 stars.

vincentlynch-moonoi Although the movie occasionally tries to hard to make its point, it's still quite an amazing work of cinematography. I think what is most impressive is that you have multiple stories, each of which could have been a film it's their own right, but they are woven together into a tapestry of the philosophy that we are all interconnected.First you have the married couple Kevin Kline and Mary McDonnell, who are having a bit of a mid-life crisis (although saying crisis is an exaggeration...more of a bump), when she finds a baby left in the thicket while she is out jogging. Meanwhile, Kline is saved from a night time ghetto incident by a tow truck driver (Danny Glover). Glover is no longer married, and Kline introduced him to a single Black woman (Alfrie Woodard). And, Kline helps move Glover's sister and two children into a better neighborhood than their previous gang-infested one. While Kline's son (Jeremy Sisto) is adjusting well to life, Glover's nephew (Patrick Malone) isn't, and is torn to go back to the gangbangers he once knew.All of the stories work , except on -- movie director Steve Martin. This part of the puzzle never quite seems to gel, unless it is a device to get other characters to be able to verbalize what they are experiencing.In terms of the acting, Kevin Kline is very good, as usual, although here (as often), he essentially played Kevin Kline...but it works! I'm simply not a fan of Danny Glover, but I must admit that his performance here is just right for the story. Mary McDonnell is one of those actresses whose name is unfamiliar to most, yet she consistently turns in fine performances...as here. It isn't that Steve Martin's performance is below standard...it's the part that is the problem. Alfre Woodard is charming, as always. Jeremy Sisto does a nice job as the son. Patrick Malone is very good as the ghetto-torn son! I was a tad bit disappointed in the very ending. What exactly is so special about the Grand Canyon to the story?

dallasryan I'm almost sure Paul Haggis got his idea for his film Crash, from this film. Both are really the same in many ways, Crash is a little better of a movie than Grand Canyon in the way that it's presented, and because of the more profound moments that are presented in it(Crash). But honestly Grand Canyon is just as good. Crash just happened to be made at the height of political correctness, at the height of the Al Sharpton era, ergo Crash wins the Academy Award for Best Picture where as Grand Canyon only gets an Academy Award Nomination for Best Screenplay. Times were different when Grand Canyon came out in 1991 then when Crash came out in 2005(Plus I don't think the Academy wanted to see a Homosexual Cowboy Lovestory win best film, even though we all know, It's 10 times better of a film than Crash is, that movie being Brokeback Mountain of course). I won't really get much into Grand Canyon because if you've seen Crash, then it's all said right there. Lot's of Concepts, lot's of things being said that are contrived, etc, etc. One thing I will touch on though is the best scene in the movie Grand Canyon. The best scene in Grand Canyon is with Jeremy Sisto's character and Kevin Kline's character, Kline is Sisto's father in the film. Kline is teaching Sisto how to drive and Sisto makes a big boo boo while driving and they almost get in a big car crash, but they don't and Kline patiently tells Sisto to pull over. I think this is a scene that is greatly over looked. I know with my dad, he would have been yelling and screaming at me if I almost got in a car accident. And as we don't want to be push-overs to our kids, there needs to be a balance, a moderation. What's brilliant about the scene is it speaks volumes about Kline's character as a father. Sisto's character in the movie, is a smart, kind- hearted kid, with a good head on his shoulder. Kline's character isn't a hot head, he's very calm and patient, but no push-over either, and that's why Sisto has such a good head on his shoulder and doesn't overly stress out ever because he's been raised with very good parents. They say kids pick things up mentally for the rest of their life between the ages of 6-8 years old. I know when my dad yelled at me for doing something wrong that i hadn't learned yet between the ages of 6-8 years old, later in life, I have always stressed out if i do something wrong, and I always expect to be yelled at. Not a good feeling to feel nor should one feel the need to feel that way. It's obvious that Kline's character never yelled at his son like my dad did when Sisto's character was between 6-8 years old because if Kline's character had, that scene in the car with Sisto almost crashing it, would have gone down with Kline's character castigating Sisto and Sisto stressing out with sadness, anger, resentment, that leads on to things later in life with always feeling you have to be perfect, feeling like you can't make a mistake or you'll get yelled at, walking on eggshells, and then perhaps leading further down the road in life to anger management and PTSS, you name it. That stuff messes up kids. Not saying Kline's character is husband of the year, he has an affair in the movie, and he's quite lucky his wife and kid(Sisto) didn't find out or that could have had catastrophic effects on both his wife and son, but other than that mistake, Kline's character is a good husband and a great father. If nothing else from this movie, I think we can all learn to be better parents, to raise our kids better in a more constructive manner than in a reactive manner after watching this film. Also, Steve Martin is terrific in this one as well, and Danny Glover is always likable, perhaps one of the most likable actors in history. If you liked Crash, you'll like this one, if you didn't, then you might or might not like this one.

mrtraska This film was Short Cuts before Short Cuts and LA Story and The End of Violence by Wim Wenders, except that Short Cuts and The End of Violence were better. The unfortunate thing about them all is that they chose LA for the setting to make their points, as if LA were the be-all and end-all of the world, but then people in Los Angeles (especially Hollywood) are stupidly myopic about that. Still, the directors made their points and the points work and provoke thought, and LA just barely makes it as a microcosm for the various things that are wrong with the world; so perhaps we give credit where credit is due and leave it at that. The two Raymonds -- Chandler and Carver -- always did see LA accurately, if through a darkened lens, one that LA deserves. And yes, as in Grand Canyon, sometimes, perhaps often, you need to leave LA and see the rest of the country, or world, to get real perspective and genuine hope ... something those of us who live between the coasts already know, unfortunately for Angelenos. But then, you should really see all four of these films, then maybe City of Angels, for yourself and draw your own conclusions.