Hidden Delights
Added 6/22/2009
Fantastic dark, witty comedy. I love this movie for several reasons, one being that it truly shows the depths of the human character, and another being how "6 degrees of separation" is one of the greatest truths mankind will ever know. And Robert Downy Jr. gives a stellar performance as a drunk gay down on his luck producer/director. Look for tons of cameos, and plenty of unexpected surpises.
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alyssa milano
Added 11/3/2008
this movie has a very bad story,script and the acting was so so.I would avoiding buying this since it is not a good movie
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Hugo Pool
Added 7/24/2008
I thought the interaction between Patrick Dempsey and Alyssa Milano was beautiful. Some of the other characters kind of spoiled the movie for me. The idiodic character that Robert Downey, Jr. played in my opinion, could have been left out. Sean Penn's character was just plain wierd! I bought the movie for Patrick and Alyssa's acting. Patrick was surpurb as an ALS victim. I really loved Alyssa's character.
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The cast makes the film good
Added 8/10/2006
Hugo is Alyssa Milano, a pool cleaner. It's a day in her life where she has to put water in a gangster's pool (Richard Lewis) or she's going to be killed. She also has lots of other customers to take care of. So she gets her odd parents (Cathy Moriarty & Malcolm McDowell) to help her. There are other strange characters in this movie. The plot is weird yet I found this bizarre film charming due to the people in it.
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Everyone Calls This 'Quirky'
Added 8/22/2004
And I guess it is.
But really, this is more affecting than off-putting as some of the reviews below have suggested.
The title of the film refers to the lovely Alyssa Milano, who owns a pool-cleaning business. Robert Downey, Jr., Malcom McDowell, Richard Lewis, Cathy Moriarty, and Patrick Dempsey also star in the film.
I found the film fresh, refreshing, and a mild surprise. You'd expect a film where one of the principal characters is dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) to perhaps lapse into deep maudlin territory, but it doesn't. Instead, the thread of other stories, all revolving around an effort to fill mobster Lewis' pool in the middle of a drought, balance each other out to lend a sense of lightness and humor to the enterprise.
It's a fun film to watch. Unlike other reviewers, I wasn't put off by Penn's or Downey's performances. I thought they were fine. In a movie such as this, you don't expect slavish adherence to some 'truth' as you might demand from a factual work. The movie is more of a flight of fancy, and it's enjoyable as such.
Another thing to comment on is the wonderful cinemaphotography. The lush, vibrant colors go well with the over-all tone of the movie.
Recommended.
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Hidden Delights
Added 6/22/2009
Fantastic dark, witty comedy. I love this movie for several reasons, one being that it truly shows the depths of the human character, and another being how "6 degrees of separation" is one of the greatest truths mankind will ever know. And Robert Downy Jr. gives a stellar performance as a drunk gay down on his luck producer/director. Look for tons of cameos, and plenty of unexpected surpises.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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alyssa milano
Added 11/3/2008
this movie has a very bad story,script and the acting was so so.I would avoiding buying this since it is not a good movie
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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Hugo Pool
Added 7/24/2008
I thought the interaction between Patrick Dempsey and Alyssa Milano was beautiful. Some of the other characters kind of spoiled the movie for me. The idiodic character that Robert Downey, Jr. played in my opinion, could have been left out. Sean Penn's character was just plain wierd! I bought the movie for Patrick and Alyssa's acting. Patrick was surpurb as an ALS victim. I really loved Alyssa's character.
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