"What?"
"I dreamed you weren't such a miserable son of a bitch."
"That's not dreaming, that's wishful thinking."
-Mitch Bradley and Einar Gilkyson.
Since this Sunday is Father's Day, I decided to take a look at one of my dad's favorite films.
This story centers on Jean Gilkyson (Jennifer Lopez), who asks her estranged father-in-law Einar (Robert Redford) if she and her daughter Griff (Becca Gardner) can move in with him after Jean's latest romantic relationship ends badly.
Einar rooms on his Wyoming ranch with his partner Mitch Bradley (Morgan Freeman), who was attacked by a bear one year earlier and who is now cared for by Einar, who does so out of guilt as he was drunk at the time of his attack.
Although the death of Mitch's son, Griffin, put a rift on his relationship with Jean, he and Mitch soon befriend Griff. At the same time, Jean becomes smitten with the local sheriff (Josh Lucas), who manages to put the bear that attacked Mitch in the zoo.
Alas, Jean's last boyfriend Gary (Damian Lewis) tracks her down and causes trouble. Likewise, the bear is freed at Mitch's insistence.
After some (admittedly predictable) drama between Einar and Jean, he basically throws Guy out of town, while Mitch has a final face-to-face with the bear before it flees into the mountains.
Hands down, the pleasure of this film comes from the pairing of Redford and Freeman, two lions in winter if ever there were any. The funniest moment in the film is their reply when Griff asks them if they are gay.
Most everything else in this movie pales in comparison to seeing these two legends share the screen.
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