Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Frank Snow This was definitely a low budget film which should not take away from its total impact. I thought the music was a bit slight and schmaltzy and the lighting made everything look rather flat and there was not much use of the camera to make dramatic moments become more exciting. It is rather static in its look. I did think often how much this reminded me of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf", and I did long for some action with movement and better editing. But it was a serviceable filming of a story that kept your attention and made you wonder what was going to happen next. So with all that said, I thought this was an excellent film with great performances. Each actor met the demands of their characters head on. The most difficult to pull off was Peter Coyotes role as the weak, neurotic husband who comes to terms with his failures. He was unlikable from the beginning, so he had to win us over from the get go. The sailer was fantastic. I loved the fact that he stayed the same all the way through, never wavering from his "gee gosh" persona. He needed to in order from the couple to see themselves as they truly are, compared to his honest character. I was dreading that he would suddenly reveal some horrible trait that made him just like them. It would of been cliché to follow the theme of "we're all a mess in this age of technology and impersonal relationships." It was odd that he had the flaw of being so shy that he couldn't even talk to the woman he wants to marry, but that could of been added to show that he is indeed not perfect as the husband accused him of being. The wife was excellent too and showed a mother instinct that you would not think she would initially have. Although it seemed plausible that she would forget about signing up for Adopt A Sailor, one would think she would of gotten a reminder call from the organization to make sure everyone was still on track. This must of been a tough film to promote as it was not edgy and full of fury and profanity, like a Mamet play, nor was it subject matter that a family would be interested in seeing. A very good art film that held your interest and made you think. How refreshing!

jm10701 Fairly good performances by the three stars are sabotaged by a plodding and pretentious screenplay. Reviewers on other sites who see parallels with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? aren't entirely wrong, but they miss the fact that Edward Albee is a genius and Charles Evered is not. This is a dumbed-down, lightened-up, sped-up, Lifetime-movie version of Woolf, filled with clichés and dialog so trite that it makes even talented actors (which these three are) seem like hams.Patricia (Neuwirth) comes closest to being a believable character; unlike the two men, she has more than one side: a sarcastic harridan who despises her ineffectual husband (like Martha in Woolf) and a sympathetic, even motherly woman who is aware of her own failings. Unfortunately, Neuwirth isn't well cast for either of those roles: she does sarcastic cold-hearted b!tch better than just about anybody, but when it comes to snarling and spitting like an enraged tigress (Liz Taylor's Martha), it's just acting with Neuwirth, and not very good acting.Richard (Coyote) and Sailor (Peck) are so shallow and one-dimensional that it's surprising when they turn and you see they're not cardboard cutouts. Coyote's whining, thumb-sucking, new-age twit in this stupid movie is almost unbearable. Peck is a too-good-to-be-true angel unawares, a heavenly creature who drifts down off a cloud in his blinding-white sailor duds and his aw-shucks-y'all sincerity and sets Pat and Rich's world a-spinning. He's so perfect I kept wishing somebody would knock his teeth out, or that he'd turn out to have flaws like human beings have, but he never did.Another reviewer said, "Adopt a Sailor seems sugary and contrived initially." I say it never becomes anything else, and by the end the sugar is SO thick there should be an automatic link to Woolf, or at least a clip - Liz with her hands on her hips braying her rage at the moon - to help viewers clear out the sour taste this shallow, saccharine, contrived, phony movie leaves.

smittynlinda I was channel checking and, having served in the U.S. Navy for 20+ years, wanted to see what it was about. Short and to the point: No FILTHY language, which some person or persons, wish I knew who, somewhere decided that having extreme profanity is ADULT language. It was so refreshing, the language, no nudity,no blood spilling, no sex scenes. A movie you would gladly watch with your kids or grandkids. The sequence regarding the fall from 5000 feet is an absolute treasure. The sailors age would have been, probably, in the 21 to 23 age range. Given the fact that he'd obviously been out of Turkey Track for quite some time, probably seen and heard a lot of things he'd never seen or heard of in Turkey Track, somehow managed to maintain a high degree of innocence, discipline and respect.

tenexe What a great movie. The 3 main characters were well written and so diverse. The writing was excellent. Extremely funny at times and heartwarming as well. It was interesting to watch people from two parallel worlds exchanging ideas and beliefs in a civil manner. It really shows that our humanity binds us more together than our differences pull us apart. Of course we would expect excellence from Peter Coyote and Bebe Neuwirth and they certainly deliver here, but Ethan Peck is excellent as well and definitely holds his own with the other gifted actors. He should have quite a career ahead of him. The direction was excellent the soundtrack was nice. There was really nothing not to like about this movie. I could definitely see it again.