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American Dreamer

Comedy
Available on VOD: 29 augustus 2024
Director: Paul Dektor
Cast: Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Station Agent), Shirley MacLaine (Steel Magnolias, Terms of Endearment), Matt Dillon (There's Something About Mary, The House That Jack Built), Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon)

Disgruntled university professor Phil (Peter Dinklage) dreams of living in his own house and writing his novel, but finds the economics of that unreachable . . . until a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes his way. A lonely widow (Shirley Maclaine) offers up her sprawling estate for pennies and he’ll inherit the whole thing as soon as she passes! However when he moves in, Phil quickly learns that she hasother plans for him . . 

Reviews
  • Hollywoodreporter.com: Peter Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine make an appealing odd couple, they're a joy to watch. But it also has many hilarious moments thanks to Melfi's witty screenplay featuring a plethora of very funny one-liners especially delivered to perfection by the two stars.
  • RogerEbert.com: Immensely entertaining.  Director Paul Dektor's empathy and heart dwell in the right place for a story ultimately asking the questions of what one needs to be happy, how far we are willing to go to achieve it, and what role does loneliness play in these life-altering decisions?
  • Observer.com: Fresh, original, unpredictable and unexpectedly funny.
  • ScreenRant.com: Does a tremendous job of exploring one man's American dream, the lengths he must go to achieve it, and what is waiting for him once he reaches that goal.
  • Deadline.com: Consistently and wryly funny, powered by Dinklage who shows no vanity in making Phil quite a human disaster as nothing seems to be going right.
  • Rogersmovienation.com: There’s just too much fun here to miss. Dinklage wears this role as easily as any he’s taken, and he clicks with Dillon, Glover, Quinn, Pudi and especially MacLaine.
  • Theepochtimes.com: An ideal balance of droll, bone-dry, quirky absurdness, some spare pratfall and slapstick, and surprising amounts of authentically touching drama.

The Angriest Man In Brooklyn

Comedy, Drama
Available on VOD: 16 september 2014
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Melissa Leo (Flight, Oblivion, The Fighter), James Earl Jones (Clear and Present Danger, Cry, the Beloved Country), Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Station Agent), Mila Kunis (Ted, Jupiter Ascending, Friends with Benefits, Black Swan), Robin Williams (Jumanji, One Hour Photo, Night at the Museum)

Some people have bad days. Henry Altmann (Williams) has one every day. Always unhappy and angry at the world including everyone in it, Henry sits impatiently at the doctor's office when he is finally seen by Dr. Sharon Gill (Kunis). Sharon, who is enduring her own bad day, reveals that Henry has a brain aneurysm. This news makes Henry even angrier, yelling at Sharon he demands to know how much time he has left. Faced with Henry's anger and insults, Sharon abruptly tells him he has only 90 minutes. Shocked and reeling by this news, Henry storms out of the office leaving Sharon stunned by what she has just done in a lapse of judgment. As Sharon goes on a city-wide search, Henry struggles with his diagnosis, determined to make amends with everyone he has hurt in his life.

Reviews
  • Moviemeter.nl: Zelfs in een periode dat depressies hem verscheurden wist hij de rol van een man die op het punt staat dood te gaan met kolder te vervullen.
  • MoviesMoveMe.com: This film has an incredibly talented cast that transformed this film into a huge success.
  • Newsblaze.com: The Angriest Man In Brooklyn has a whole lot more on its mind than hysterical end of life antics simply for laughs. Williams impresses mightily with a turbulent tide of conflicting emotions, as a man with deep seated resentment against the world and everybody around him.
  • Screenspotlight.com: The Angriest Man in Brooklyn is the kind of movie that can easily delight audiences if they give it their full attention.
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