- Editorial:
- LIBROS EN INGLES
- Año de edición:
- 2011
- Materia
- Libros en inglés
- ISBN:
- 978-0-09-193799-7
- Páginas:
- 256
- Encuadernación:
- APAISADO
- Colección:
- Genérica
THE FILM CLUB: NO SCHOOL. NO WORK ... JUST THREE FILMS A WEEK
GILMOUR, DAVID
'On July 6, the New York Times Book Review Because it smacked of plot gimmick from one of the movies Gilmour used to review, I feared the book would be similarly cute and tidy. But its a heartfelt portrait of how hard it is to grow up, how hard it is to watch someone grow up and how in the midst of a familys confusion and ire, there is sometimes nothing so welcome as a movie . . . Their discussions give you a quick and appealing sense of of the kind of people they are . . . [Gilmour] is modest about his own problems and doesnt ask for pity. Like any good parent, he focuses on his son and he makes us care very much about what happens to him . . . My regards for Gilmours best writing, my sympathy for his struggles and my engagement in his story make my complaints seem small. If his style sometimes irked me, he has my admiration as a father for making his son, not himself, the very winning hero of this story. Not only did I find Jesse smart and funny, but more than once I was moved to tears by his batle tofind his place. At the end of the book, Gilmour, helpless with love for his son, watches him onstage performing, and recalls a line from True Romance, a movie theyd both loved: Youre so cool, youre so cool, youre so cool! Not only as a reader but as a father, too, I know how he feels. Douglas McGrath, New York Times Book Review (New York Times Book Review, Douglas McGrath )
