Henry Winkler and Sally Field play two off-center characters who find love when they least expect it in the moving comedy Heroes. Jack (Winkler) is a troubled, yet high-spirited Vietnam vet who embarks on a cross-country odyssey to open a worm farm and prove his own self-worth. En route, he befriends Carol (Field) attempting to “sort things out” before she marries an old flame. Their laugh and tear-filled adventures, including a high-speed run-in with a footloose army buddy (Harrison Ford), become the life-affirming story of two people who find themselves when they find each other.
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December 24, 2010
#1
HENRY WINKLER IN THE ROLE OF HIS LIFE,
This is the best Winkler has ever done. It’s a compelling story about a Vietnam vet who goes on a road trip to join his friend in a worm farm venture. He slowly goes nuts as he finds out the world is too screwed up to bear, his friend is dead and he didn’t know it, he gets robbed, humiliated, and rejected. Sally Fields is also fantastic as his girlfriend who supports him all the way. BEWARE — Those of you who’ve seen this in theaters and are expecting the powerful ending to be the same, it’s not. The video release of this movie replaced the intense ending song “Carry On My Wayward Son” by Kansas, with some other song by a no-name group, which is insipid and uninspired, leaving you flat. The Kansas song was what made the ending so powerful. Aside from that, it’s a great movie.
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|December 24, 2010
#2
Video version lacks punch of theater release,
While it may seem odd that a change to the music played in last four minutes of this film could sour the experience, it certainly is true. This film is not for everyone, but it does contain strong performances by both Sally Field and Henry Winkler. Harrison Ford is along for the ride in a small role, but this is essentially a two-person show, and Winkler and Field have good chemistry as the Vietnam vet who can’t seem to fit in and the good-hearted woman who is having second thoughts about her pending marriage. They wind up on a journey together and while the destination is unclear, it all comes together in the revelatory end. However, the original theatrical release included a powerful closing accompanied by Kansas’ “Carry on Wayward Son,” but the video version inexcusably has removed the song and replaced it with a much-less-powerful “ditty,” if you will. So, with a film that all comes to a point at the end, it’s a shame the end doesn’t come to as sharp a point.
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|December 24, 2010
#3
PARALYZING POST-WAR COMMENTARY,
After escaping from a VA Hospital, Jack (incredibably played by Henry Winkler), starts a post-war journey to recruit former ‘Nam buddies to found a WORM FARM for proft. On the bus he falls for equally embracing Sally Fields who quickly joins his quest. As he visits Vet to Vet, only to be dis-illusioned by thier suicides, disappearences, etc, people tell him to GIVE IT UP. She tells him not to. Kansas score perfect, if tear-grabbing, “CARRY ON MY WAY-WARD SON”.
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