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Message: [QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 3543411, member: 7894"] "The Magic of Belle Isle." Another movie I don't recall ever hearing about. If it was in theaters it was there for about 5 minutes. Looking at Rotten Tomatoes critics hated it, but it has mostly really good reviews on Netflix. Stars Morgan Freeman as a burnt out, bitter, formerly successful writer of Western novels. Now he's slowly trying to drink himself to death. His nephew arranges for him to house sit/dog sit in a quiet little village on a picturesque lake. His next door neighbor is Virginia Madsen and her 3 daughters, estranged from her husband and going thru a divorce. Freeman's crankiness begins to dissipate as his life becomes entwined with his neighbors. The kids are cute, the old, lazy yellow lab he's watching is adorable. It's a nice, heartwarming story, exactly the kind critics always seem to hate because they are miserable people or something? I don't know. Anyway I enjoyed it. [/QUOTE]