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Cinema CNC
Movie Review

By: Destrudo

Cinema CNC has a man-
date to show films that are
not in the mainstream but
more arty, foreign, or
Canadian for that matter.
‘Here’s to Life’, directed by
Arne Olsen, falls into the last
category, as a Canadian film
company filmed it entirely in
Victoria, B.C. Cinema CNC,
being part of the Toronto
International Film Festival cir-
cuit, was lucky enough to
acquire the film after it com-
pleted it’s film festival run so
the audience was treated toa
movie that has not been
reviewed yet.

‘Here’s to Life’ is a
delightful and lighthearted
tale about three senior citi-
zens who have had enough
of the boring life of the retire-
ment home. They are sick
and tired of only reliving their
memories, so they decided to
blackmail Owen, the antsy
and socially inept manager of
the home, to take them to
Victoria so they can have one
last hurrah before their time is
up. Eric McCormack (Will and
Grace) puts up a great per-
formance as Owen. His
comedic touches are light
and not overdone, and they
enhance the film without
burying it in comedy.

Initially the seniors think-
ing only of themselves and
bossing Owen around, but as
the plot moves on they dis-
cover one by one that it was-
n't the doing of things that
they missed, it was the shar-
ing of experiences with other
people they missed. With a

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little guidance and lots of help
they manage to help Owen
get over his awkwardness
and rediscover the little
nuances of life that they
missed while they were
locked away in the retirement
home. In this respect the
movie is about youth and how
the experience of old age can
be used to pull the young up
to one’s own level; imparting
the wisdom of age. All the
while, they are in fact learning
more about themselves when
helping Owen. ‘Here’s to Life’
is a nice movie, with equal
parts comedy and melodra-
ma, but not too overwhelming
and with a happy, yet bitter-
sweet ending.

More amazing was the
fact that the movie has not
yet reached the final stage of
postproduction, and subse-
quently while watching the
movie one can see a micro-
phone on a boom arm peek
in the top of the scene. This
does not take away from the
film, rather it is a testament to
how well the actors portray
the events and characters;
not once does it feel as if the
movie is unreal, even when
the microphones pop in and
out.

The next Cinema CNC
movies are ‘The Dish’ on
October 27th and ‘Nora’ on
November 3rd. Tickets and
season passes are available
at Books & Co, Mosquito
Books and at the CNC book-
store.

for entertaining at the
concert

contact David Russell at CFUR (960-7664)
or kentgevow@hotmail.com