I Remember Mama (1948) -
The family depicted in this film could have seemed very twee and a little bit hard to believe as it started out, because there was a lot of love and pulling together like a team, which hasn't always been something that I've seen. Most families nowadays wouldn't recognise these behaviours of supporting each other and working for the benefit of all and not just the smaller family unit, as it used to be.
I personally found this story to be strangely interesting and fun though, with its various goings on and actually it was all very well put together too.
A lot of the acting might easily be considered over the top, especially from the Aunts and Uncles, but generally the rest of the family were very good and they spoke clearly despite their accents. I really appreciated that they all had the appropriate accents actually, because a lot of films just don't bother, which can take me out of the situation a bit and it really shouldn't be that hard to achieve.
Something about the overall production had a charm about it and a bittersweetness too, so I could see why it was nominated for so many Oscar's, which made it odd that it didn't appear on any of the top film lists that I'm watching my way through.
I did almost lose it when Martha (Irene Dunne) read out Uncle Chris' (Oscar Homolka) account book and I found that there were a few emotional scenes like that dotted throughout.
I was certainly quite emotional by the end and I did really enjoy it. I would definitely recommend it and come back to it again myself.
714.32/1000.
The family depicted in this film could have seemed very twee and a little bit hard to believe as it started out, because there was a lot of love and pulling together like a team, which hasn't always been something that I've seen. Most families nowadays wouldn't recognise these behaviours of supporting each other and working for the benefit of all and not just the smaller family unit, as it used to be.
I personally found this story to be strangely interesting and fun though, with its various goings on and actually it was all very well put together too.
A lot of the acting might easily be considered over the top, especially from the Aunts and Uncles, but generally the rest of the family were very good and they spoke clearly despite their accents. I really appreciated that they all had the appropriate accents actually, because a lot of films just don't bother, which can take me out of the situation a bit and it really shouldn't be that hard to achieve.
Something about the overall production had a charm about it and a bittersweetness too, so I could see why it was nominated for so many Oscar's, which made it odd that it didn't appear on any of the top film lists that I'm watching my way through.
I did almost lose it when Martha (Irene Dunne) read out Uncle Chris' (Oscar Homolka) account book and I found that there were a few emotional scenes like that dotted throughout.
I was certainly quite emotional by the end and I did really enjoy it. I would definitely recommend it and come back to it again myself.
714.32/1000.