Saturday, August 27, 2022

Shy People

Shy People is a 1987 award-winning film starring Barbara Hershey and Jill Clayburgh. I watched it on Tubi.

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Roger Ebert says,
“Shy People” is one of the great visionary films of recent years, a film that shakes off the petty distractions of safe Hollywood entertainments and develops a large vision. It is about revenge and hatred, about mothers and sons, about loneliness. It suggests that family ties are the most important bonds in the world.

14 comments:

  1. This sounds interesting, I will see if its available over here. have a great weekend, Valerie

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  2. ...you can pick your friends, but your family you are stuck with.

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    1. Not like it once was, though. Many families have split or drifted apart so far that reconnecting would be hard.

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  3. Ooooh, this looks good!

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  4. I thought you were talking about me. Ha-ha-ha. Haven't seen this one. Have a great Saturday Nita.

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    1. This is a whole 'nother definition of "shy".

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  5. Why does this sound so familiar, although it is not something I would normally watch? That's a rhetorical question of course.

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    1. I had never heard of it and now can't remember where I came across it.

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  6. I don't know this film but I think family ties and loyalty are important.

    All the best Jan

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    1. These people thought those things were important.

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  7. Revenge and hatred. I don't think so, even if it's wonderful.

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    1. Those are Ebert's words... the description of one critic.

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