Is Anybody There?

Starring: Caine, Michael and Harris, Rosemary

Product Description

Ten-year-old Edward lives in his family-run retirement home. While his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat and his father copes with the onset of a mid-life crisis, Edward leads an increasingly lonely existence until he meets Clarence, a retired magician and grieving widower who refuses to give in gracefully to old age. The two strike up an unlikely friendship that helps them both remember what magic is possible when life is lived to its fullest.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 876964002622
• Release Date: July 2012
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
• Director: John Crowley
• Starring: Caine, Michael, Harris, Rosemary
• Runtime: 1 hour, 32 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

A slice of life and maybe a finger.

10-year-old Edward (Bill Milner) lives in a retirement home owned and run by his parents. There, he sees quite a few ancient people dispatched. He is generally a loner who spends his time contemplating life after death and when he will get his old room back. Clarence (Michael Caine), an old curmudgeon facing senility, is forced to stay at home. Edward found out that Clarence is a retired magician and struck up a sort of friendship with him. Clarence, who is fighting the onset of old age symptoms, humors Edward with a séance. However, eventually, they must both face the reality that people can disintegrate before being dispatched, and as the reverend said in “Love at First Bite,” “When you are dead, you are dead.” I am not sure if this was not designed as an art film with an insight into how people work, or if there was a more specific target. There is no voice-over commentary to clarify the movie’s purpose. I have only seen the Blu-ray presentation and will not go into a dissertation on Blu-ray, as it is now old hat. However, the visuals and sounds lend themselves well to Blu-ray.

So good

Feel good movie of movies. I loved it. Nothing simplistic, just nice. A great film for all and especially boys and men.