Overview
A young up and coming artist in New York city has his life and dreams forever altered when the tragic events of 9/11 take the lives of his two best friends and he accepts guardianship of the couple's two young daughters. Now eleven years later, and teaching art at an elementary school, he raises the girls as if they were his own, but the financial grind to live in NYC is too much, so he decides to take the girls away from the only place they've ever called home and move back to Buffalo where he grew up. This "non-traditional" family now faced with change, new surroundings, and a new journey, must learn how to adjust to this new life, while trying to find themselves along the way.
Is this film a cinematic masterpiece? Um, no. Do you see the end coming a mile away? Uh, yeah. Does it often feel like a Lifetime movie. Sigh….
Did it end up winning me over in the end. Yeah, it did.
The leads were for the most part extremely engaging (especially Abrahams, who carried this film). Don’t get me wrong – the film has a ton of flaws – most noticeably the dialog by Sting’s daughter to the portrayal of stereo-typical italians. That said… it still kinda worked.
It did get one thing right – Buffalo is an amazing place to live.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews All At Once
Movie title: All At Once
Movie description: A young up and coming artist in New York city has his life and dreams forever altered when the tragic events of 9/11 take the lives of his two best friends and he accepts guardianship of the couple's two young daughters. Now eleven years later, and teaching art at an elementary school, he raises the girls as if they were his own, but the financial grind to live in NYC is too much, so he decides to take the girls away from the only place they've ever called home and move back to Buffalo where he grew up. This "non-traditional" family now faced with change, new surroundings, and a new journey, must learn how to adjust to this new life, while trying to find themselves along the way.
Date published: 2018-05-07
Director(s): Jon Abrahams
Actor(s): Jon Abrahams, Martin Abrahams, Med Abrous, Nicole Elizabeth Berger, Jason Biggs, Scott Caan, Dane Christensen, Erika Christensen, Liza Colón-Zayas, Daniel Covin, Martin Donovan, Sasha Frolova, Christian George, Diane Gnagnarelli, Lydia Hearst
Genre: Drama
My Review
Is this film a cinematic masterpiece? Um, no. Do you see the end coming a mile away? Uh, yeah. Does it often feel like a Lifetime movie. Sigh….
Did it end up winning me over in the end. Yeah, it did.
The leads were for the most part extremely engaging (especially Abrahams, who carried this film). Don’t get me wrong – the film has a ton of flaws – most noticeably the dialog by Sting’s daughter to the portrayal of stereo-typical italians. That said… it still kinda worked.
It did get one thing right – Buffalo is an amazing place to live.
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My Review - 6/10
6/10