Taking Chance
On December 27th, 2008
Taking Chances stars Kevin Bacon and premieres at Sundance on January 16, 2009. It was written and directed by Ross Katz. Katz has produced a couple of Oscar nominated films, including In the Bedroom and Lost in Translation. Taking Chances is Katz’s feature debut as a writer and director. The screenplay was co-scripted by Katz and Michael Strobl.
Rumors are that it’s a war film worth watching. From what I can tell, the trailer tugs at your heart strings.
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This is a movie worth watching. The sacrafice, the respect , the sadness and the loss. I cried from the very beginning right to the end. Thank you for letting us see the military side and the family side and the human side of the tragedy. Not just the politician side of the war.
Don’t know where to leave this belated fan -mail to Kevin Bacon and HBO. I’m a Marine from Vietnam era and have a kid that left for Iraq last night. Dad was WWII. Thanks to all concerned with Taking Chance, it hit home. Semper Fi
Stu, with an acknowledgement so heartfelt like yours, I am sure Bacon heard you.
The director tries to push sentiment in every scene which both comes off as implausible and manipulative. As if he didn’t trust the audience to develop their own relationship with the deceased. Which, in retrospect would have been hard to do because we know so little about him and we are just left wondering why so many people throughout the film are pulled to Chance, including Kevin Bacon. At one point, you think they dated in the Army at the next minute, you think he is Chance’s real father. The pull of Bacon to Chance is answered with the idea that Bacon’s character felt he should have been in Chance’s shoes. Just barely stirring and not nearly the nearly profound moment it should have been. Chance is definitely HBO, because if it wasn’t on the small screen, it’s direct to DVD fare. Earnest directing, which hopefully would have been reigned in for the big screen. Worth watching on TV, worth skipping on the silver screen.