Really Surprised!

Amateur movie with Big budget

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

An effective alternative to water-boarding, this piece of cinematic rubbish goes like this (I clicked for spoilers but why?--what's rotten is already spoilt. Anyway: young woman still 'finding her way in life' is fired when her boyfriend, who truly raises the bar for other would-be jackasses, makes a scene at the joint where she tends bar. Right away, a good example of the desperation that sours this film: she's fired for the botfriend's stupidity.) No place to live, no money, yada yada, she's DESPERATE! Also desperate is the cold, unfeeling, Leona Helmsley-type mother of a 12-year-old boy: her nanny has quit just as Mom is leaving to visit the boy's maximally absent stepfather, who (of course) cares for/about the boy even less than mom does. Wouldn't you know it? Despite having no nanny, the young woman is hired bang-like-that. Turns out--guess what?--the kid is a child genius: mathematics, music (performing AND composing), chess, who knows what-all else. And with his huge allowance, which is the sole consideration he gets from his parents, he always get his own way. Example: mom insists he be driven to school, but he wants to walk, so he bribes the driver; also, bluffs his way out of the (despised) summer camp Mom has laid on by conning the head counselor. That sort of thing. He's a 12-year-old Ferris Bueller but even more repugnantly smug. Well, at first hapless nanny and the kid don't get along; she's shocked by his behavior. But then they begin to sort of get along. Then they buddy up. THEN--and NO ONE saw this coming--they form A BOND. And finally, what with his folks in China and no one else to say them nay, they proceed to (spoiler alter!) BREAK ALL THE RULES. Another Hollywood surprise-shocvk-stunner is that, it turns out, the kid ends up nannying HER. Adding insult to injury is the score, which is revoltingly clicheed, and may cause stomach upset. By the way: see those rave quotes from US Weekly and TV Guide? Now you know you can never trust them again.

We found this movie on Netflix streaming, it is very nicely done and contains a good message.The story centers almost equally on two characters - a 12-yr-old boy and his 24-yr-old Au Pair. Julian Shatkin is a 12-yr-old genius and cello prodigy Reggie. At one point when his quartet had finished practicing a piece, when asked what it was, he stated that he wrote it. He was always ahead in his school studies, and in class often is staring out the window but knows exactly what the teacher is teaching and can answer any question.But Reggie is lonely. He lives in an upper East Side mansion of sorts in Manhattan, his father is a businessman often out of the country, and his mother, expertly played by Debra Messing as Mom Barbara, is joyless shrew who pretty much leaves her son to the limo driver.His Au pair has to return to Mexico so Barbara starts a quick search for a replacement. Luckily, Leighton Meester as Eleanor just moved out of her boyfriend's place after yet another incident of his irresponsibility and she is looking for a job, any job. Barbara interviews her and asks when she can start. That afternoon would be ideal. Eleanor has all her belongings with her in a roll-around suitcase so is delighted.In many ways this story reminds me of Willy (Tim Hutton) and Marty (Natalie Portman) in "Beautiful Girls". In that story Willy is a seemingly lost musician and Marty is the young girl who suggests that he wait a few years so that they can be lovers for eternity.In this movie, as it turns out, Eleanor in high school WAS an outstanding musician, a cornet player with an opportunity to attend Juliard, but life and finances got in the way. So part of her character's arc here is to regain her interest in her music. She sees young Reggie as a kid to take care of but Reggie sees her as perhaps the love of his life but he doesn't quite know how to handle it.There is a touching final scene where Eleanor has left to go back home and figure out what she will do, Reggie is still in NYC, he is playing cello and she is playing the cornet part that he wrote for her. A duet miles apart.Good movie, maybe I enjoyed it more because I am a musician too, coincidentally a cornet player.

Like Sunday, Like Rain is a simple film. It takes friendship in its purest if not oddest form to show you that human connection and understanding is a gift that is given to anyone.Leighton Meester and Julian Shatkin have a romantic chemistry that is hard to come by. Their characters are so in sync and in touch with each other that you believe that they are soul mates. The world threw the pair together for a summer, seemingly at random, but perhaps fate played a part in their meeting, because their lives are forever changed by their brief yet unforgettable friendship. Like Sunday, Like Rain is a subtle and intimate story, both telling and teaching. A masterful and beautifully refined piece of art. 8/10

You know some movies just give you shivers, because they are amazing. Well, this movie is far more than amazing. It's extraordinary! It's unbelievable how music can charm you. After watching this movie I am just sitting there in my chair and thinking which movie can be better? Which movie can release your feelings more? Which movie is so beautiful that you can cry of happiness? After being fired and braking up with her boyfriend the 23 years old Eleanor has no idea what to do with her live. Until, she gets the chance to become a nanny for a rich family in the upper West side of New York. There she is supposed to take care of the genius twelve year old boy named Reggie. But quickly the roles switch. Reggie takes care of Eleanor and an unlikely friendship arises. Through the film you will directly be in sympathy with both Reggie and Eleanor. And at least you can enjoy the beautiful soundtrack produced by Ed Harcourt.