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Danny Deckchair (2004)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:14
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6/10
Theatrical Release:Aug 11, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier had a productive year in 1783 when they became the first humans to construct a hot air balloon safe enough to carry passengers. Technological advances have... [More]
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Reviews for Danny Deckchair
Top CriticAs for the charm factor, I can't think of any screen couple this year with more of such an elusive quality than Ms. Otto and Mr. Ifans.
09/09/04
Top CriticSuch sentiments are fine, of course, but they're not the ingredients of groundbreaking filmmaking. We've been over this territory ad nauseum.
09/02/04
Top CriticAn entertaining flight of fancy.
09/02/04
Top CriticA delightful, well-acted illustration of an unhappy person's breakout from his mundane existence.
08/27/04
Top CriticYou'll probably forget Danny Deckchair a few minutes after leaving the theater, but it passes the time well enough while you're there.
08/27/04
Top CriticWhat finally prevents Danny Deckchair from floating away completely is Balsmeyer's seemingly sincere admiration for those Trudy dismisses as 'the little people,' rendered here with as much respect as eccentricity.
08/27/04
Top CriticThat it never comes close to crashing is testament to a trio of terrific performances.
08/27/04
Top CriticLike its hero, the film has nary a mean-spirited bone. Only like Danny, it's a rather slight body.
08/27/04
Top CriticA splendid movie while its hero is preparing for his flight and actually experiencing it, but it's not nearly as interesting once he descends to earth.
08/27/04
Top CriticWhat you might call conditional whimsy, predicated on the audience overlooking so many plot implausibilities that it might get tuckered out from all the charity.
08/27/04
Top CriticA (literally) lighter-than-air story, full of goofs and creeps and fools and silliness, it manages to delight without simpering, make points without lecturing and break hearts and mend them again without turning you weepy.
08/27/04
Top CriticDespite the soaring novelty of Danny's getaway, and despite the unfailing, scruffy sweetness Ifans brings to every scene, writer-director Jeff Balsmeyer borrows too heavily from other films.
08/26/04
Top CriticDanny's a nice enough guy and it's a nice enough movie, if your standards aren't too strict and your tastes not too elitist -- and you don't get overly miffed about huge gaping plot holes all over a movie.
08/26/04
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08/19/04
Top CriticA soothing antidote to some of the summer's high-priced Hollywood clunkers.
08/12/04
Top CriticHail globalism: Sweet, dumb American movies can now be made anywhere in the world.
08/11/04
Top CriticWhat starts off as a spin on The Wizard of Oz turns into one of those Frank Capra-esque excursions into candy land populism with its windy homilies about 'nobodies' like Danny finding their inner 'somebodies.'
08/11/04
Top CriticBalsmeyer's script never gets sharp enough -- particularly when it comes to the rather questionable character of Danny himself.
08/11/04
Top CriticMove over, Hugh Grant. There's competition in the Handsome British Charmer Department from -- of all people -- Rhys Ifans.
08/11/04
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