Unstrung Heroes

I absolutely loved this movie. It was a beautiful piece of work. This movie is about a boy who lives a very difficult life. His mother is dying and all he has are is two uncles. I enjoyed watching this movie... Full review

The movie works like a charm.....MacDowell and young Nathan Watt, who plays Steven, are tenderly funny and touching..... ... Full Review

Unstrung Heroes," which features believable performances all around, finds MacDowell in her best role since "sex, lies, and videotape. Diane Keaton's kooky sensibilities as a director are ideally suited to the sweet madness of "Unstrung Heroes," a sensitive coming-of-age story in the sublime tradition of "My Life as a Dog. ... Full Review

This truth that the spiritual is the larger strand which can cause all other strands to come together into meaning and beauty is the final scene of the film. Had Director Diane Keaton delved more deeply into the inner motivations and fears of the films characters, it would have provided a more universal message. ... Full Review

This film is worth seeing if for no other reason than to see Richards's Oscar-caliber performance, but Unstrung Heroes offers so much more. Unstrung Heroes is a smart, bittersweet drama about a boy growing up in postwar suburbia. ... Full Review

MacDowell and young Nathan Watt, who plays Steven, are tenderly funny and touching.....The movie works like a charm.....Richards, though some of Seinfeld' s Kramer lingers, is very fine as Danny, a paranoid who imagines anti-Semitic conspiracies everywhere;.... ... Full Review