Renaissance Man

Starring: DeVito, Danny, Remar, James, Hines, Gregory

Product Description

An unemployed adman educates eight iffy Army recruits with Shakespeare.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 786936209488
• Release Date: March 2011
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
• Director: Penny Marshall
• Starring: DeVito, Danny, Remar, James, Hines, Gregory
• Runtime: 2 hours, 9 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

This band of brothers.

Bill Rego (Danny DeVito) had it all, from being a successful father (maybe a tad self-centered) to being an advertising businessman. Now he is divorced and out of a job. He gets a job opportunity to use his skills to teach or bring a handful of marginal soldiers up to military material. The soldiers, of course, are from all walks of life and bring with them different backgrounds and emotional baggage. He must learn how to help each one accomplish the goal. He settles on Shakespeare as the learning tool, as he is familiar with the material. Will he succeed? Does he learn anything in the process? What effect does this have on the instructors he works with? Do we come away with anything of worth? There are many teaching “the unruly” movies out there, and there will be many more. This one has a little more depth in teaching the teacher. It is not some great unknown insight but a gradual awareness that benefits all involved. If you are planning on a pure comedy, this may not be the film you are looking for, as it has many comic moments, yet has a message that supersedes those moments.