This is How Movies Should Be Made

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

One of the funniest moments are the scenes from the fictional Grinder TV series, which are so knowing and very much sends up legal dramas. Rob "Wayne's World" Lowe is perfect in the part, and I only wish there were more scenes from the fictional Grinder!I cannot believe the Grinder only lasted one season. One season. Picture that. Saved by the Bell lasted ages, but The Grinder got only 22 episodes. Maybe it can be rebooted, and hopefully the cast can return if such an enlightened decision is made by the powers-that-be. I guess the ratings for the The Grinder were sadly not enough to save the show, but that's the power of ratings for you.

Please sign my petition to renew The Grinder for Season 2 on Netflix. Even Rob Lowe tweeted about this petition. Deb, Lizzie, Zadack and Kristen Schaal also liked the petition on Twitter. It's a very funny show that makes me laugh out loud. Some people think this show is cheesy but the cheesiness is why the show is funny. It's supposed to be cheesy the way William Devane always supports Dean over Stu. Todd is hilarious how he idolizes The Grinder. My favorite part was when Dean was interviewing to be The Grinder and he thought the full name of the character was Mitchard. The link is on my Twitter page that directs you to Change.org :www.twitter.com/TheGrinderer

So, let's face it ... we all have seen too much bad TV, too many cookie-cutter legal dramas, too many predictable cop shows, way too many sitcoms that were forgettable. The Grinder is the reward, and Rob Lowe knows it; every time he looks out into the distance and says " (pause) ... or ... is it!?", he knows he earns a gold star. He's the center of a very good cast that teams him with Fred Savage; their chemistry as contrasting brothers is so effortless that it's a pleasure to watch. But Mary Elizabeth Ellis is also a major pleasure as Savage's wife, and his two kids also nail it.So this is a show ("subtextually", as Toby Loobenfeld might be told) not only about a family (how original is that?) but about bad TV, and bad acting and - shudder - how the ad that starts with "I'm not a doctor, though I play one on TV" can be transmuted into someone believing in their identity as a glamorous TV star. (Wasn't that the basis for "Sunset Boulevard"?). Rob Lowe is the perfect choice for this role, but the writing is what makes this show a very particular pleasure. I have no idea whether it will last, but every episode is a gem.

Grinder is a show about a fictional show of the same name starring Rob Lowe as a star lawyer. After the show's end he moves in with his family and jams himself in the family law firm. The basic plot is a bit far-fetched but the writers are doing fair job not letting it slip too far from reality. Everything stands or falls with Rob Lowe (and partially Fred Savage) and his amazingly pathetic way of dramatizing everything. It feels like a TV character living amongst normal people leaving them baffled and confused after each interaction. That I do like. The rest of the cast is so so, I don't like the kids too much but I never do so I can't judge that I guess :-) There is still plenty of room for improvement. There isn't much going on professionally and the show focuses more on the family which I don't see as a good direction. I also demand more screen time and better writing for Steve Little, who was mesmerizing on Eastbound.