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Grand Canyon (1991)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 5/21

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5/21: Grand Pretentious, Grand Boredom, Grand Nothing, Grand Bullshit...

Whatever the film may be alternatively called, it's all of them and more. Prior to seeing it, I was thinking of something along the lines of The Big Chill, but this is a stupid waste of my time. Who goes through a life-altering event after another on a daily basis when it only comes once every five or ten years?

Just like how Lawrence Kasdan ripped off the concept from Return of the Secaucus 7 for The Big Chill, he manages to do so by going through The Razor's Edge. Instead of one, there are six Larry Darrells, but I don't think Steve Martin's character qualifies.

The dominant theme is enlightenment. Excuse me, it's been 137 minutes of wokeness among white liberals who are out of touch with reality pretty much all of their lives and try to make up for it by befriending token blacks. Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan's original screenplay is so full of profanity that I'm surprised it was Oscar-nominated.

I have to say the acting has been very good. The standouts are Kevin Kline (although what his character did to Dee while cheating on his wife isn't cool) and Danny Glover. Either Steve Martin is miscast or his character, who's based on big-time movie producer Joel Silver, doesn't belong which explains why he wasn't there at the end of the film to see the Grand Canyon.

All in all, well, duh...everybody knew, for thousands of years, that the universe is bigger than them.