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...Broadway in 1944 and closed after four nights. At the time, Miller thought it was victimized by the cult of the well-made play, and he may be right. For Luck is a sometimes comic melodrama that flirts a little messily with tragedy--particularly in that Miller specialty, father-son relationships...
...whose parents didn't hug him enough. Thankfully, the two are saved by the supporting cast. Bill Murray as Polonius injects significant pathos into Polonius' foppish politicking and Liev Schriber demonstrates some exceptionally tender moments before he departs in the opening act. In their short time together, this father-son duo exudes great paternal chemistry, which ends up more compelling than the shallow animosity between Claudius and Hamlet. The film improves in the second half, which by sheer coincidence is when Hawke spends least time on screen...
Rather than pull out of the race like most defeated politicians would, though, McCain has only suspended his campaign until Bush presides at the GOP father-son picnic of a convention. The only reasons he must have for doing so are personal, not issue-based. After all, Bush is a Republican and thus more likely to advance the Republican platform than McCain. Granted, the two platforms are reasonably similar, with the only difference that the Democratic tilts slightly towards the impractical and disorganized left while the Republican tilts slightly towards the mean-spirited and bigoted right. Of course, the Internet...
...same name, is the story of Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire) trying to be his own hero. Raised in an orphanage in the era leading up to World War II, Homer fashioned his own version of a family. Besides having the other orphans as siblings, Homer develops a strong father-son bond with Dr. Wilbur Larch, played by Oscar-winner Michael Caine...
...There's a feeling in the culture that something's gone awry," Faludi said. "It's been a year of schoolyard shootings, men going ballistic, and a political campaign shaping up to be a father-son drama...