Overrated and overhyped

One of the worst movies I've ever seen

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Manglehorn is a locksmith and key maker. One particular key is symbolic and rekindles love in Manglehorn's heart to move forward and love again. He's spent a lifetime nursing love for a woman he can't have, and stores her "returned to sender" letters in boxes and shelves that line his office like wallpaper. Claire's silence empties into the nothingness of Manglehorn's deep abyss as his unbridled passion for her destroys his marriage and relationship with his son in flashback sequences. Slow-motion minutes tick with a 7-car pileup, the result of a watermelon truck collision, a symbolical reflection of the hearts Manglehorn smashes like over- ripe fruit in the wake of his painful obsession with Claire.Bank-teller Dawn (Holly Hunter) presents a challenge for Manglehorn. He struggles with the choice of a meaningful connection with the real, or his continued obsession with the imagined. Conflicts rage as tanning salon-owner, Gary (Harmony Korine), widens the divide between Manglehorn and his son. The audience will feel compassion for his son Jacob (Chris Messina) as Manglehorn proclaims, "I never loved your mother!" Horrible as it sounds, Pacino remains lovable as Manglehorn as you await the conclusion for this out-of-whack character. Manglehorn's concern for a cat reveals a heart capable of showing love that doesn't always follow through. A special key ultimately unlocks the solution for Manglehorn to be set free.Like his relationship with his cat, Manglehorn nurtures his granddaughter Kylie, played by the adorable Skylar Gasper. The unique dialogue at the park as they eat ice cream conveys child-like beliefs are sometimes more meaningful than knowledgeable minds. The dialogue exchanges reinforce the notion that Manglehorn does have capacity to love those he chooses to as he goes along with Skylar's unscientific logic why leaves change color, for example. There are 3 instances of supernatural activity in moments that cannot be explained and are as believable as the acting is. It's a good story, moderately paced, and worth the time. There is nothing offensive, other than Manglehorn's encounter at Gary's message parlor that show Manglehorn's intimacy issues and where his values truly are. It is here you'll agree the creators' phallic title Manglehorn, suggests a mangled heart is capable of trumping instant gratification when the will is strong. I give this movie 7 stars: 3 for Pacino's acting, 2 for the grand-daughter/Manglehorn dialogue, 1 for the symbolic creativity of the harmless supernatural events, and 1 for the inclusion of the art of letter-writing in the plot.I watched Manglehorn on Netflix.

The only thing that gave this movie a 2 instead of a 1 was Al Pacino. Its a shame he had to be in a movie this awful. I have not been so bored with a movie since Birdman which I rated a 1 and couldn't even finish watching.This movie is full of uninteresting characters in an uninteresting story. The drama is left unfinished and everything that happens is left up in the air and makes you wonder what happened. I have enjoyed Al Pacino in all kinds of movies but this is the worst thing I have ever seen him do. It is almost like it is an apology from him to us for his getting old.Don't expect anything from this movie or its characters, then you might not be disappointed.

Eccentric Indie Director Green along with two Superb Actors, Al Pacino and Holly Hunter, deliver an almost Lost Art, the Character Study. Left to Low-Budget experimenters and Performers looking for an outlet Out of the Mainstream, this type of Film is becoming "Film Festival Fodder" and that is where the Genre finds the most Sympathetic Audience.Not Multiplex favorites and Mainstream Appeal is Lacking, it is this type that Rely on Reality and have been called "Slice of Life". The Film is filled with Offbeat Imagery and Dialog that seems Flat at First but Resonates nonetheless. Witness Manglehorn's Story about a Nun and some Children on a boat to explain His Atheism.Holly Hunter is simply Stellar in what amounts to a Supporting Role and Her Emotion is Heartbreaking and very Real. Two other People in Manglehorn's Life are included as Representative of why Pacino says in a half-hearted Throwaway Throwback Touchtone..."The World is Yours" (meaning I want nothing to do with it)...is His Son and a former Kid He coached in Little League. Both are Obnoxious and Manglehorn finds Them Barely Tolerable and Symbolic of People in General. That may be why when Holly Hunter says on Their First Date..."I'm a people person...I love life", Pacino Snaps and regresses to a Senior Moment of Disconnect.Overall, a Film for Refined Taste and Fans of Reality based Cinema with an Artistic Flare. Pacino and Hunter give Noteworthy Performances and the Movie is Rich with flavor.

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