A case of the cutes

A little Sunday cuteness:
Chipmunk cleaning itself in slow motion
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last movie of the weekend

I watched My First Mister on DVD and it was completely different from what I thought it was going to be about. Not only that, but I rented it not realizing it had Albert Brooks in it. Now I cannot stand watching Brooks in most of the movies I've seen him in (Broadcast News is one off the top of my head) so if I'd realized he was in the movie it wouldn't have been in my queue. Which would have been a pity, because Brooks is not his usual asshole persona, but instead a self-contained, troubled, middle-aged man.

It's about a self-destructive (but not TOO self-destructive) teenage girl (Leelee Sobieski)who--with her tattoos and piercings galore-- tries to find a job so she can move out of her mother and stepfather's house. She goes to a local mall where she gets thrown out of a bunch of places and after some back and forth, Brooks says he might consider hiring her if she removes most of the piercings, as she scares the customers in his high end clothing store.

Their complex relationship slowly unfolds into something interesting and I admit I was in tears by the end. Carol Kane plays the girl's mother; John Goodman her father (although he's barely in the movie). Directed by Christine Lahti.

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