It’s the movie that best let us see how the with-it TV actor always compensated for his lack of height by bouncing along on the balls of his feet, even when he was walking a pig. He took his shot at a Vietnam drama (“Casualties of War”), coming of age as an upper class addict (“Bright Lights, Big City”), an aspiring rocker whose sister (Joan Jett) has her eyes on the prize (“Light of Day”) and comedies and rom-coms of every variety.īut the most endearing and perhaps most enduring of those was the most easygoing. That wasn’t just due to his TV fame, the sitcom stardom brought by “Family Ties.” His stepping into “Back to the Future” saved the movie, created a franchise, made Universal rich and him one of the most bankable stars of his era. Fox had a nice, decade-long run as an “It” star in Hollywood, the Canadian-next-door leading man who got first dibs on a lot of prestige projects. Because of that, my recommendation is to enjoy this one as much as you can.Michael J. Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Sandra Bullock – they've all moved on to films with three or four story lines. We don't see these types of films much anymore. But more than that, you want all of Tickle Cove to have jobs and stick around, if only because it seems like the world is a better place with Tickle Cove in it. And for all his faults, you want Murray to succeed in bringing his wife back home. When the inevitable happy ending comes – and you rarely question that it will – you are moved by it because you've fallen in love with the characters over the last two hours. And for all the trouble he puts the Doctor through, he really does want Lewis to believe the town of Tickle Cove may just be the most perfect town on God's very green Earth. After a long marriage, he's still very much in love with his wife, following closely behind in cute jealousy when he sees her talking to another man. For whatever lie he tells, he does it for the good of the people. Gleeson's Murray French is a liar, a cheat, and extremely lovable.
And where the script, written by Mike Dowse and Ken Scott, fails in originality, it more than makes up for in solid structure, dialogue, and fantastically charming characters.
Though the story is simple, it's refreshing to see such a straightforward comedy in a time where everything has to be so damn complicated. The sequence works, and it is funny, but there's no way getting around the history. Or fixing an old woman's blindness by simply cleaning her glasses. Fox jumping on his desk after a black widow has been set loose. A woman's grocery list of ailments for her multiple children, along with a last minute request for the Pill. Athlete's Foot fungus that works it's way up to a man's knee. On his first day of the job, Doc Lewis is put through ridiculous, yet charming tests when he examines the town's "sick" – which is almost everyone with any kind of ailment. One particular sequence, in the beginning of Act 2A, feels lifted straight from the Michael J. The only difference is that instead of the Doc being the protagonist, it's the mayor and his town. Fox and Newfoundland for Grady, South Carolina, and you've got the equivalent of Doc Hollywood. When the unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis (Taylor Kitsch) lands in their lap, the townsfolk rally together to seduce him into becoming their permanent physician.įeel familiar? Sure, swap Taylor Kitsch for Michael J. The only problem? The factory won't move to a town that doesn't have a doctor. It's a simple story: When Murray French's (Brendan Gleeson) wife and neighbors leave the harbor of Tickle Cove to find work, he sets out on a quest to bring a factory to town, and with it, jobs. This was the time of My Best Friend's Wedding, While You Were Sleeping, Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Doc Hollywood – and honestly just about any Hugh Grant movie.ĭon McKellar's The Grand Seduction fits right in this category. In the 90s, before Jason Biggs got frisky with an apple pie, there was a string of romantic comedies that simply made you feel good.
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