Formerly The Surrogate
I apologize for omitting Ben Lewin‘s The Sessions (i.e., formerly Six Sessions, and before that The Surrogate) in my initial posting of my best-of-2012 piece, which I called “Half-Time.” I’ve since corrected the error. Fox Searchlight will release this highly praised acquisition (for which they paid $6 million) on 10.26.12.
“I saw Ben Lewin‘s The Surrogate this morning,” I wrote on 1.24.12, “and yes, it’s a touching, thoughtful and comforting film about touching, needing, being open and the finding of fulfillment. It’s an emotional, erotic variation on the themes in My Left Foot, The Sea Inside and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly with a little sprinkling of Who’s Life Is It Anyway?.
“And John Hawkes, as a quadriplegic invalid who hires a sex therapist to cure his virginity, will almost certainly get some awa
I think that first sentence might need a second draft.
I always wondered what happened to Helen Hunt’s character in The Waterdance after the events of the film.
Would it have killed them to wait ’til Snipes was out of the clink? Guy could have used the money.
Jesus…thanks…fixed.
“And John Hawkes, as a quadriplegic invalid who hires a sex therapist to cure his virginity, will almost certainly get some awa
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Am I the only one who gets the column cut off at that mark?
I’m sure I’ll find John Hawkes brilliant, but I just hope they get the medical details right. My daughter’s quadriplegic and sometimes they just skimp over those.
thanks for shairng..