I'm surprised by the number of bah-humbugs this film has received! Perhaps it's just an early midlife crisis talking, but I find that this sweet little oddity from Australia has the ability to make you sit up and say, "By George, I could change my life!"
Of course, plenty of people hate Frank Capra movies. Just as he made moviegoers ponder, "What would things be like if I had never been born?" Jeff Balsmeyer leads us (or at least some of us!) to the question "What would I do if I could start fresh, and completely reinvent myself among strangers?" Balsmeyer's Danny is a creative, adventurous soul whose humdrum, habitual city existence has hemmed him in and shrunk his world. Accidentally taking off in a helium-powered lawn chair is the best thing that could ever have happened to him. The journey is tremendously risky, but the payoff is better than anything he could have imagined.
Take from this little fairytale what you will; I did.
Of course, plenty of people hate Frank Capra movies. Just as he made moviegoers ponder, "What would things be like if I had never been born?" Jeff Balsmeyer leads us (or at least some of us!) to the question "What would I do if I could start fresh, and completely reinvent myself among strangers?" Balsmeyer's Danny is a creative, adventurous soul whose humdrum, habitual city existence has hemmed him in and shrunk his world. Accidentally taking off in a helium-powered lawn chair is the best thing that could ever have happened to him. The journey is tremendously risky, but the payoff is better than anything he could have imagined.
Take from this little fairytale what you will; I did.