FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

dli-99729 This movie was the tale of such a heart touching story between two very in love people. The way they interacted gave me all the feels - from being turned on to desperately seeking my Kleenex. I can not believe i hadn't heard of it before coming across it in my public library. I think it beats the notebook and the titanic if not at least being in the same realm. Seriously, Kleenex. If you've ever felt like you needed a patriarchal point of view on family, then you wont be disappointed in the main characters portrayal of a husband and a father. You'll love his point of view on life and how to live it and you'll want to either be him or have him! Five star performance!!!

kleduz In addition to Still Mine being a bit of a life/love story about Craig and Irene, it is also a lesson in how over reaching and powerful government agencies have become. They intrude, destroy, and fee you to death at every opportunity. Do we own our property or don't we? This is a great example of why we need to revisit what freedom, and what our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is really all about. Why do we put up with this from OUR government? It needs to stop! Of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, for the PEOPLE. Let this be your wake up call. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. Heart warming and some things ARE worth fighting for. :)

TxMike I found this movie on DVD from my local library. It is based on a true story of real people, and the man was included in the production of the movie.The man is James Cromwell, actually just over 70, playing slightly older Craig Morrison. He is an industrious man, he learned that from his dad. He has 2000 acres, raises some livestock, and farms. He is still very robust and enjoys doing work himself, partly because he knows it will be done right. The story is primarily about modern-day laws and regulations which in some cases just don't make sense. People in bureaucratic positions who only know "this is the law and this is how you have to do it."Craig's trials begin when his wife, Canadian Geneviève Bujold as Irene Morrison, begins to exhibit symptoms of dementia. She forgets things, or leaves without saying where she is going, or in one funny scene, uses bleach instead of detergent to wash colors and we see them hanging on the line with large white blotches. Craig understands and is a very patient man but knows that he needs to provide a more suitable home for her last years.Craig picks out a nice spot on his land, with a great view, and proceeds to build. Plans? He has them in his head. Approved lumber? He has cut his own from trees he harvested and cured. His lumber is better than what one normally buys, but it doesn't meet the "code." He has to fight the bureaucracy.I am nearing 70 myself, and we know that situations much like Craig faced may come to us sooner than later. We enjoyed the story, it is slow-moving, well-acted, and worth the time.

deschreiber Somehow IMDb has calculated a score of only 7.1 for Still Mine. When I check that against Rotten Tomatoes, here is the surprising result: Professional Reviewers 93%, Audience 87%. The truth is much closer to the Rotten Tomatoes score than the IMDb score.I won't repeat all the tributes given here by other reviewers. It's such a pleasure to see a film made with grown-ups in mind, a sensitive story based on real life and everyday occurrences. And, of course, you marvel at the outstanding acting of the main players.It's hard to criticize the casting of James Cromwell in the lead role. He is magnificent. Yet in such a Canadian film--when his pride is confronted by narrow-minded bureaucrats, he never raises his voice, says "Have a good day" with just the lightest touch of sarcasm, does not burn down the house, or return to the government office with a shotgun--I had the niggling wish that the role had gone to a Canadian actor. Christopher Plummer might have been up for the job. But the thought of the job done by Cromwell makes such a reservation seem like a ridiculous, maybe narrow-minded quibble.Listen to the score, too. It is quiet and subtle, very distinctive, at times haunting, sometimes sad, always barely at the threshold of your consciousness. I seem to remember much use of horns, but they are subdued, and set off against an unusual mix of other instruments.Do see this film if you ever get the chance.