I watched A Prairie Home Companion on Saturday. I’ll give it a mixed review. I had some issues with Dangerous Woman character and her actions drove a lot of the plot. I did not hate the casting of Lindsay Lohan as much as I thought I would. She did OK with the material but putting her next to Meryl Streep really spotlights her flaws as an actress. By far the best part of the movie was John C. Reilly and Woody Harrelson in their last song, “Bad Jokes”. That is pretty much worth the price of admission.
One other thing I will add. We went to the Saturday matinee were probably 20 years younger than the average of the theater audience’s age. And one thing about old people is they have no hesitation with talking during a movie. Shouting out plot points about 10 minutes after they were revealed and I would guess many were repeating dialogue for the older and deafer members of the audience.
So I am a fan of Garrison Keillor and the radio show but this is a tough movie to recommend to non-fans. I would give it a 7 overall mainly due to some great acting and well-written dialogue.

Sunday, June 18th, 2006 @ 10:23 pm Movies
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