Q-Tips Reviews

7/21 – The film tells the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan Vokes (Academy Award® nominee Toni Collette). With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream and compete with the racing elites. Their investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks and becomes a beacon of hope in their struggling community.

Q-tips say: Yes, see it. Great, fun, upbeat, feel good movie.

Mrs. Q says: A feel good movie & this is a character-driven movie and the horse is not the main character.

7/21- Set in 1954 Detroit, NO SUDDEN MOVE centers on a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan goes horribly wrong, their search for who hired them — and for what ultimate purpose — weaves them through all echelons of the race-torn, rapidly changing city.

Q-tips say: The Mr. really liked this movie more than the Mrs.

Mrs. Q says: The movie was just ok. Sometimes watching movies, when you are married, is like deciding what the house thermostat should be set.

7/9/21- “Found” is the story of an innocent teenage boy raised up in the Appalachian Mountains on a small old fashioned homestead devoid of modern conveniences and tucked away from the broader culture at large. Through a sudden tragedy, he suddenly finds himself cast out, alone and adrift into our high-speed, hi-tech modern world until he meets a troubled family who takes him into their home for better or for worse. 

Q-tips say: Mrs. Q enjoyed this movie. The other half not so much. Mrs. Q enjoyed the interaction between the married wife & husband. Enjoyed the way the parents interacted with their children & the the “Found” teenage boy. Especially enjoyed the relationship between the family’s son & the innocent teenage “Found” boy evolved.

6/26/21 – Small-town businessman, pastor and volunteer firefighter Todd Burpo (Greg Kinnear) and his wife, Sonja (Kelly Reilly), are struggling to make ends meet during a tough year. After their young son, Colton (Connor Corum), undergoes emergency surgery, Todd and Sonja are overjoyed at the child’s miraculous recovery. However, the Burpos are unprepared for what happens next — Colton says that he went to heaven and back, and tells his parents things that he couldn’t possibly know.

Q-tips say: See it. What a nice change from some of the crap that they show now a days.

Mrs. Q says: The movie is based off the book Heaven Is For Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back written by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent, published in 2010. The movie begins with seeing the life of the child and his family. This family’s son becomes sick and when in surgery, goes to heaven or has an out of body experience. People do not believe Colton’s story and people judge the family. This family has to deal with parenting their children in the “public eye.”

6/23/21 – Dawn recently lost her husband and experiences growing anxiety as her daughter Melanie plans to move away for college. An argument with a hostile new neighbor aggravates Dawn’s mental condition, and she begins to show signs of paranoid delusions. Melanie attempts a series of interventions, but challenging Dawn’s reality of persecution threatens to destroy their loving relationship. Melanie is forced to make the toughest of choices as she struggles to support her mother on the path toward recovery and healing. A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.

Q-tips say: Paper Spiders finds a way to open our eyes and our hearts to better comprehend the need for education, services, and neighbors to look out for one another.

6/22/21 – To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain for a chance to win a lucrative fishing competition.

Q-tips say: Yes, see it. Nice story that includes the youngsters & their relationship with the couple who care for them & others. Mrs. Q says: When the critics rate it low, usually the audience likes it. The critics are not always right. Actors: Dennis Quaid & Bruce McGill.

6/22/21 – An eccentric and smooth-talking social climber who seems to have everyone in Washington, D.C., wrapped around his finger is investigated after his wealthy, well-connected and much older wife turns up dead in their home.

Q-tips say: If you enjoys movies of con-men, this might be the movie for you.

Mrs. Q says: Mediocre at best. (spoiler alert) – He gets was he deserves at the end – 50 years in prison.