The Hollars

This movie was fabulous, it had me laughing and crying and unable to stop watching at the 30-minute mark as I'd initially planned, with plans to finish it in the evening. Instead, I could NOT stop watching and enjoyed every minute. Best of all, there are no sexual innuendo, no sex scenes, no nudity, no crude language and no f-bombs flying around, so my entire family (including our teen) can watch it again this weekend as a family movie. It was so good, I can't wait to watch it again. I took a chance and bought it because of the cast: Margo Martindale (love her!), Richard Jenkins (can't go wrong with these two in the cast) and John Krasinski. I even paid extra to get it the day it came out and am SO glad I did. I've already recommended it to friends, it's so good.

This is a little sleeper of a gem. John Krasinski is an excellent story-teller as a director. The movie and the characters are so real and quirky. It is not overtly funny, but it is funny because of the reality of the life experiences and reactions of people. I believe John Krasinski has caught and exemplified the foundational movie-making principle of creating from a base of love and he does this here and he does it well.this movie does not rely on profanity, nudity, sexual innuendo or violence to make a story. Instead, it relies on actual story-telling that requires much more intellect, creativity and effort than the former list requires. I can only hope that Mr. Krasinski will continue his story-telling efforts utilizing these same principles of movie-making as here. If he does, he will be on track to be one of the greatest directors/movie-makers of all time, just you wait and see.

Excellent movie. I'd never even heard of it until I saw it on Amazon video. It's surprisingly very memorable - every actor did a wonderful job and you end up caring very much about this family. It's sweet without being corny or syrupy, dramatic in a normal-people's lives kind of way, and offbeat enough that you really don't know what path the story will take until you're done watching it. Beautifully done. Wish there were more like this.

1. I needed, at the end, to see the new babies!! (Big oversight to be at the funeral, have to zoom to the hospital andnot have the new life coming in, after losing the big loving life that just left!)2. I cried, drippingly, when elder son so lovingly and caressingly, shaved his mother's head. That seemed to be theessential message of the whole movie - show care through whatever happens.3. I laughed out loud when elder son and mom escaped from hospital before her "Last Meal" to an ice cream shop!4. I felt shared happiness and delight the at "wedding" ceremony, and how they gave each other their betrothal rings.5. I felt joy when the dad finally grew up at the end; he was glad, too.I've avoided John Krazinski (sp) only seeing the "Jack Ryan" ads, which are not of interest, but am so glad to have bothered to look at what else he may have done. Perhaps he is a force for humanitarianism, caring, and compassion in stories that reflect more or less real situations, and how we can actually get through them without despair.

Loved the actors but as a believer in Jesus as Lord and savior, we had to turn it off after the first scene. There’s a scene where a character took the Lords name in vein repeatedly over and over again. It would of been a really funny movie I’m sure if not for the crassness.

I really enjoyed this movie. I was not expecting much, due to some reviews I had seen, but they were wrong. This movie has some very funny scenes - John Krazinski is a big favorite of mine! There are some other scenes that are on a much sadder note, but are very touching. I love the cast. Well done by all. A dysfunctional family that will remind you of your own :)

There wasn't any real laugh out loud moments, nor was there much on the emotional scale. It is a common story: a dysfunctional family, a "successful" sibling, a family screw up, the father not really "there" and a mother serving as the family matriarch. The only shining moment was Josh Groban.Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed all the actors, but there talents were wasted on a weak script with an all-too-common theme. Also, the movie just seemed to drag on for a lot longer than it actually is. By the time it was over, I thought over 2 hours had passed.A very generous 3-star rating because of the cast.

Ok- the only reason this is not a five star rating was because i rented it while it was under "comedies" and I cried the last 20 minutes and will have to go work tomorrow and explain that my puffy eyes are from crying because of the so called comedy I watched. Fabulous acting and wonderful movie I think John K did great- but when looking for a lighthearted Friday night flick this should not be your go to. I'm just hoping my eyes get less puffy before I have to teach Saturday school tomorrow!

As a new director, I will give John thumbs up for being in two jobs. Not any chemistry with the women folk or girlfriends. The nurse was funny. Keep trying John. You will get there. This is a simple, nice, easy movie to watch.

Es ist sicherlich kein Film mit Action. Gezeigt wird ruhiges Leben einer Familie, die durch eine schwere Erkrankung der Mutter auf die Probe gestellt wird. In der warmherzigen Geschichte wird gezeigt, was im Leben wirklich zählt: Zusammenhalt, Familie, Empatie. Sehr schön!

Schöner Film

Schnelle Lieferung, pünktlich, Top - Zustand, Der Film ist auch absolut sehenswertWürde jederzeit wieder bestellen

Good movie