Directed by Frank Capra/Ivan Reitman I happened to see Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Ivan Reitman's Dave on the same day and was stuck on the similarities between the two feel good movies. To say they are "feel good" might be to ignore an overt ugliness and corruption of Washington DC as presented onscreen … Continue reading Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)/Dave (1993)
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Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
Directed by Ivan Reitman Six Days, Seven Nights is essentially Frank Capra's Cast Away, combining the trapped on an island plot with the romantic comedy of It Happened One Night. Like with that movie the two romantic leads must first hate each other in order to establish that fine line which then gives way to love. The … Continue reading Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
