Gena Rowlands strikes me as the sort of person whom it's impossible to dislike in a movie, and her son's "Unhook the Stars" affirms that. She plays a straight-laced widow who gets a new lease on life when she befriends the wayward woman (Marisa Tomei) across the street. Lots of lessons are going to arise from this friendship, all of it well done in this movie.
The movie will also be of note for an early appearance of Jake Lloyd, soon to be known as a prepubescent Darth Vader in a certain George Lucas movie.
The movie will also be of note for an early appearance of Jake Lloyd, soon to be known as a prepubescent Darth Vader in a certain George Lucas movie.