Ophthalmologists in India are concerned that a movie about cornea transplants will frighten donors and patients. Here’s the story.
Is banning the movie the answer?
I’m certain I don’t fully understand the culture involved, but maybe they should try a good romance instead. Here’s a possible antidote I’d like to recommend to the docs: Return To Me with Minnie Driver, David Duchovny and Bonnie Hunt. It’s a tale of what happens when a heart transplant recipient accidentally meets her donor’s husband. I wasn’t sure if I’d like this movie, but it’s sensitive, intelligent and romantic. No ghosts or spooks involved. You may need a box of tissues. It’s light on humor, heavy on the better side of human nature, and has a definite healing affect on the viewer. Bonnie Hunt directed and wrote the screenplay with Don Lake. It’s from a few years ago—2000, released on DVD in 2001.
Return To Me
Postscript May 23: I watched this DVD again last night, and it was even better the second time around. The humor stood out for me more and I enjoyed that a lot. Perhaps on the first viewing I was caught up in the emotion of the theme. James Belushi and the late Carroll O’Connor, also in the cast, were hilarious.
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please send me movie clips
Comment by hari — August 10, 2005 @ 3:58 am
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Thanks for the tip, Susan. I’ll check it out the next time I watch the DVD.
Comment by Barbara W. Klaser — June 21, 2005 @ 12:57 pm
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Return to Me is one of my favs. Have you watched it with the director’s comments on? Bonnie Hunt is just a stitch, the other writer - the guy who is the hair transplant victim is kind of dim, or perhaps that is just a put-on. I love that Ms. Hunt points out all the family members in the film - very cute.
Comment by Susan — June 21, 2005 @ 6:58 am
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Banned movies—and a mini-review of Return To Me
[Source: Mystery of a Shrinking Violet] quoted: I lived in India for two years and the medical practices I saw there (and experienced) still give me the chills. In-the-bone, gutlevel understanding of the germ theory has not made its home in Indian hos…
Trackback by DVD Player News — June 2, 2005 @ 2:30 am
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I lived in India for two years and the medical practices I saw there (and experienced) still give me the chills. In-the-bone, gutlevel understanding of the germ theory has not made its home in Indian hospitals. Personally, I’d be very reluctant to let an Indian opthamologist touch my eyes. Shudder.
Comment by Sarah — May 27, 2005 @ 2:21 pm
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Well, that’s something I never thought about - until now. Maybe they’re right. Thanks
Comment by cassie-b — May 22, 2005 @ 5:12 am