Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #200123 in DVD
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish

Amazon.com
This murky rumination on keeping faith in our troubled times was an early sign that writer-director Lawrence Kasdan (Silverado) was losing his once-powerful grasp on the art of storytelling. Set in modern Los Angeles--with all its random violence, venality, ubiquitous police presence, earthquakes, and dreams--the film concerns an unusual intersection of lives and chance occurrences that alter everyone's perspective on destiny. Kasdan, very understandably, is attempting to create an experience for viewers as intuitive as the undefined forces propelling his characters. But from the outside looking in, there isn't enough internal logic in the story to help us connect the dots. Steve Martin has an interesting part as a garish film producer who undergoes a change in priorities after being assaulted on the street. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Thought Provoking Movie
I watched this movie without reading the reviews beforehand. I was interested to see what was written about the movie afterwards, so here I am. I won't go into rehashing the plot of the movie; but would like to touch on one theme I feel is missing in most, if not all, reviews.

What we do in our life affects others; our choices and turn of events within our life has something to do with the contact and interaction of those around us, along with life experiences. Each person on the face of this earth contributes in some way, no matter how slightly, to shaping the lives of those they come in contact with, whether it be insignificantly or very involved.

The Grand Canyon is a wonderful symbol of this theme. We as a society are ever changing and evolving; there is erosion going on within our society (this seems to be obvious to all); however, for as different and separate we see each other, we are all part of something very large and beautiful, and that is what holds us all together.

I recommend this movie to families, especially families with teens. Discussion should follow afterwards about what each feels they got from this movie; and about how important each and every person is... we all matter. We all have the responsibility to understand that what we do, no matter how insignificant we feel the action, affects life and people around us.

One of My All-time Favorite Movies
I was blown away the first time I saw this film. The Grand Canyon is a metaphor for the alienation between different groups of people (ranging from married couples who have grown apart from one another to racial and socioeconomic divisions in larger society). This movie creates a little magic in the bridge-building possibilities, and sends a message of hope. One subtle note is that in various outdoor scenes in the movie, you will hear birds singing in the background. One of the recurring bird songs is that of the Canyon Wren, a lovely series of cascading trills that is recognizable to anyone familiar with it's song. It is a movie with a timeless spiritual theme about alienation, redemption and loving one another across the chasms that tend to divide us. There are great performances by Danny Glover, Steve Martin, Alfre Woodard, Kevin Kline and Mary McDonnell.

Grand Canyon
This is an excellent movie about life. It is a movie that everyone should see. It is a real life scenario of the ups and downs of everyday people. It is a movie that once seen can inspire people to open their eyes and that random acts of kindness can go a long way.