When Ben Affleck kissed his wife the other night, then went on stage to collect the Best Picture Oscar for his film “Argo,” we cheered wildly in Boston.
We are parochial by nature, and we have always claimed him and his buddy Matt Damon as our own since they burst onto the silver screen in “Good Will Hunting” back in 1997.
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Holden is not bucolic (Has Mr. Cullen been there?). It is pure, residential suburbia, stocked with split-level, ranch, and colonial-style homes, which compete with gas stations, hair salons, liquor stores, and coffee shops. No sheep or cattle grazing. Farther west is Spencer and the Brookfields. There you're talking bucolic--the sound of deafening silence.
Good article.
the first 10 minutes into the film made it seem too much like work(both myself and spouse work in healthcare and with persons mentally ill)but we both agreed it was the best and most honest depiction of mental illness and how families cope that we have ever seen in a film. Very real. A must see. The entire cast was perfect.
The Marines may be the first to fight, but the mentally ill are the first to have assistance cut in all situations.
Fantastic movie. Go see it if you haven't yet. Great article as usual Kevin.
loved it.
Haven't seen the movie, nor read the book. Aside to QuincyAdams...anything outside of 128 is bucolic to a city boys like me and Kevin. I'm just wondering if a guy named Quick knows Dick Hertz from Holden!
Old old Big Mattress joke!
More to your point . . . Mr. Cullen should report on what he knows rather than just assumes.