“Tio Papi” Wholesome as a Slice of White Bread
Movies don’t come much more wholesome than “Tio Papi,” which
made its debut at the 2012 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and
opens Sept. 6 at Shadowood Theaters.
How wholesome? “Tio Papi” received the Dove Seal of Approval
from the Dove Foundation for entertainment that encourages positive values.
Joey Dedio, a prostate cancer survivor who divides his time
between New York City and Miami, co-wrote (with Brian Herskowitz) and stars as
Ray Ray Dominguez, a hard-working but carefree Brooklyn bachelor of Latin heritage whose life
changes radically when his sister and her husband are killed in a car crash,
leaving six children ages 6 to 16 orphans.
When stern and strict social worker Elizabeth Warden (a
nearly unrecognizable Kelly McGillis) threatens to make the children wards of
the state if he doesn’t get his act together within 30 days, Ray Ray rises to
the occasion and says he will serve as a “Tio Papi” (Uncle Daddy).
Comedy and drama ensue as Ray Ray ineptly copes with the demands and
responsibility of fatherhood on a very limited budget, with some help from his
estranged girlfriend Cheeky (Elizabeth Rodriguez).
Cougars “Adore” in Australia
On the other side of the coin we have “Adore” from the other
side of the world: Australia .
Naomi Watts and Robin Wright play middle-aged mothers-
cougars if you will- each with a hunky teenage son (Xavier Samuel and James
Frecheville).
These lifelong friends live in an improbably perfect seaside
retreat. Dramatic conflict ensues when each of the moms begins to mess around
with the other’s son.
Directed by Anne Fontaine and based on a novella by Nobel
Prize-winner Doris Lessing, “Adore” is more melancholy than titillating, as all
the players resign themselves to more age-appropriate partners or living alone.
The scenery sure is gorgeous though.
“Adore” opens Sept. 6 at Living Room Theaters.
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