With Honors | | Cast : | Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser | | Director : | Alek Keshishian | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby | | Released Date : | April 29, 1994 | | DVD Released Date : | February 03, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | Joe Pesci sucks and this movie is full-frame | Content
 | Wait for widescreen. Gotta love that Moira Kelly! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 24, 2005 | | Summary | interesting yet predictable | Content
| This movie is the story of Monty Kessler (Brendan Fraser), a senior at Harvard who thinks his thesis is his life. His computer fries (surprise, surprise) and Monty, being the perfectionist he is decides to go make copies of it the second his computer dies at the school copy center. The only problem is that he slips and falls while en route and loses the thesis in the boiler room of one of Harvard's libraries. He and one of his roommates then sneak into the library; only Monty can't get his thesis back because an old homless man has decided to use it for firewood, and will only give it back to him page by page-a good deed per page, that is. Initially Monty decides to use the old man, whose name turns out to be Simon Wilder (Joe Pesci) and is not as old as he looks-to get his thesis back. But Monty takes a liking to the guy, as do all but one of his roommates, and the two become very close. Monty winds up learning a lot from Simon; as a result the movie is predictable in many ways and not predictable in other ways. The basic formula has been done before, but this movie is still a good one, not awful but not the best movie out there. It is one of those movies that you can watch over and over again and not tire of. In my book it gets a four star rating. Again, not the best, there's better movies out there, especially from the likes of Brendan Fraser and Joe Pesci, but worth your while. The DVD for this movie contains absolutely no extras that I have been able to find, not even a music video to the main song "I'll Remember" by Madonna. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 28, 2005 | | Summary | PESCI'S PHILOSOPHY | Content
| WITH HONORS is a thoughtful and well done little "slice of life" with a moral we've all heard before: do what makes you happy and take time to live your life. Director Alex Keshishian and screenwriter William Mastrosimone, however, don't knock you over the head with its theme and/or morals. There are some scenes where you're expecting the probable to happen and they don't: e.g., after Simon cooks Gorky, the rooster, you expect his master to be furious---when Simon finally meets up with the son he abandoned, you expect some kind of tearful reunion----and you certainly think Monty is going to graduate with honors. The end results of these scenes, however, avoid the usual cliche. Joe Pesci is delightfully understated in his role, and although he never really becomes coochy coo loveable, you understand his pains and shortcomings; Brendan Fraser starts out pretty snooty and insufferable but as he matures in his relationship with both Pesci and Moira Kelly (who is delightful as Courtney), Fraser becomes a more sympathetic character; Patrick Dempsey adds some lightweight humor as Gorky's master, and Josh Hamilton eschews the usual pain in the butt role with a believable and touching change of heart.
The movie is definitely manipulative, but its heart is in the right place and its cast takes it seriously, so it ends up being a charming little film with a strong reaffirmation of the human spirit. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 07, 2003 | | Summary | Tries WAY to Hard. | Content
| Joe Pesci's character in this movie tries WAY too hard. He is wise and all-knowing while the rest are narrow-minded and shallow. |
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