From: JYOB@aol.com   
      
   Finally saw it this past weekend.  B+.   
      
   The guy who played young Brian was fantastic.   
   John Cusak...not so much.    
   Why didn't they just dress Eugene Landy up in a horned red devil suit with a   
   pitchfork?  A little over the top, I thought.  Perhaps he *was* that way in   
   real life.   
      
   The guy who played Mike was very good.  I wonder what Mike thinks of the movie.   
      
   I couldn't spot any anachronisms in the movie at all.  Duzn't mean there   
   weren't   
   any.   
      
   The guy who played Murray was good.   
      
   Did they go back in time & bring back the real Van Dyke Parks?  The actor who   
   played him was spot on!   
      
   I read where they cut 20 minutes out of the movie.  They could have cut about   
   15 more.  Too much repartition in the "Brian losing it" scenes...both young &   
   old. We get it, OK?  Might have been handled better with a collage of scenes.    
   But then....I'm not    
   the director.   
      
   Also read that the real Brian had a "extras" cameo as a pedestrian in the   
   background.  Don't know where in the movie.  Missed it.   
      
   Did you get the symbolism of the "deep end of the pool" scene?   
      
   Outside of two guys in their 30's most of the 25 or so people in the audience   
   were over 50.   
      
   Also, if I was the Manager of that Cadillac dealership, I would have called   
   the cops when Landy was causing that scene & had him escorted out.   
      
   All for now.......   
      
   The OLD Geezer   
      
   ND: Southern Tier 2X IPA   
      
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