Steve Carell takes a welcome detour from Noah and Michael Scott to a real-life version of Charlie Brown (all-grown-up and widowed but without the self-pity). Dan’s dedication to his children, especially as a single parent and despite his loneliness, is heroic and very real. Dan’s middle daughter provides a frightening (for a man with a [...]
The kids were playing with their friends yesterday afternoon, running through the house, through the yard, feet stomping up and down stairs, and all the while the non-stop sound of laughter echoed through the halls, sometimes far away, a murmur, sometimes bursting unexpectedly into glorious explosions of joy.
It was comforting. Like I’m doing something right. [...]
It’s been compared to Little Miss Sunshine but I don’t see it.1 Juno is a much better movie. Sunshine’s dysfunctions were an end unto themselves, their fantasy problems and foibles were the plot. Juno’s characters and situations are authentic and their quirks are a natural extension of their personalities. Sarcastic, witty, cynical. But ultimately brimming [...]
Son: Dad, I got invited to a birthday party!
Me: Oh, cool! Let me see the invitation. Mm hmm. Looks like fun.
Son: Yah!
Daughter: I wish I could go.
Me: Been a while since you’ve been to one?
Daughter: Yes! I haven’t been to a birthday party since January!
Me: No more this year?
Daughter: No! Everybody has had their birthday [...]
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