Here's an obscure one. An early Goldie Hawn movie (I think she is underestimated). Edward Albert plays an inspiring young blind man. I like it because it was originally a stage play and it was surprisingly modern and still relevant. I share the sentiments of the young charact...( read more)
Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart
All Don Baker wants is a place of his own away from his over-protective mother.
Don's been blind since birth, but that doesn't stop him from setting up in a San
Francisco apartment and making the ac...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 23, 2002
Stats: 115 reviews
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November 19, 2007
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September 23, 2008
Witty and unpredictable but the whole storyline won't crypt its conservative and almost liberal views from another era.The universal "quality" of the play isn't remembered for its general causes of freedom rather Eckhart on a subtle performance and a noisy-juicy Goldie Hawn.If yo...( read more)
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November 22, 2009
The movie is a cute one with a small cast of characters. It focuses mostly on Don and Jill, with bits of his mother and a few minor characters. Edward Albert does a good job of portraying a visually impaired individual (my mother has been visually impaired, with a bit of sight, s...( read more)
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November 14, 2009
Goldie Hawn is wonderful in this film, I can see why, from this early film in her career, she became a mega star. Enjoyable from start to finish, Eileen heckart gives a great and sincere performance, good enough for her to win a best supporting actress Oscar. Only Edward Albert J...( read more)
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October 10, 2008
XDD movies' been working with me this week. don't know what's happening... butterflies are free and so are we.
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June 19, 2008
I've always loved this movie since I was a little kid. Goldie is so cute and bubbly, and I just love the affect she has on Edward Albert's character, such a fun movie.
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