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Daytrippers, The
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The Movie:
"The Daytrippers" is a moderately amusing little comedy that I found entertaining, although with a few flaws. Revolving around Eliza(Hope Davis of "Next Stop, Wonderland"), she has just found a note from her husband, Luis(Stanley Tucci) that may be evidence that he's cheating on her. Joining her family(which includes the always engaging Parker Posey), they all pile into the car to see what exactly the story is.
It's a pretty interesting concept for an independent film, and it works here. Stick a bunch of people who, possibly, could begin to get on each other's nerves, into a car and see what happens. Some of the characters such as Posey's Jo and Davis as Eliza are engaging and funny; there's also the other side. Anne Meara as Rita, the mother, is extremely annoying at times.
Although I enjoyed the conversations between the characters, the film doesn't move things along quick enough. Occasionally, the film almost stops as the characters engage each other in a conversation that really does nothing to further the plot. When it works though, "The Daytrippers" is a fun little ride. Nothing earth-shaking, but a good way to spend 90 minutes.
The DVD
VIDEO: I'm not quite sure why, but "The Daytrippers" is one of the very few non-anamorphic transfers that Columbia-Tristar has ever done. Beyond that, it's full-frame. The final product looks ok, and keeping the film's low-budget origins in mind, it looks decent. Images look adequately sharp, but generally have a little bit of a soft feel to them. Detail is fair, but also not terribly strong. Colors are acceptable, but look pretty subdued for the most part. There's some problems; grain is definitely noticable in some scenes - there is some slight shimmering and wear on the print, as well. The wear on the print isn't too terrible; just some noticable marks on occasion.
This really keeps with Tristar's reputation; although it's certainly unfortunate that this is a full-frame, non-anamorphic transfer, for those conditions, it actually doesn't look too bad. This could have looked better, but it's certainly not unwatchable.
SOUND: A low-budget dialogue driven picture, "The Daytrippers" is understandably limited in terms of audio, with the score being the only other element besides the dialogue. The score does have a very crisp, clean presence though. Dialogue is fairly clean and easily understood.
MENUS:: Nicely designed although pretty basic main menus based around images from the film.
EXTRAS: Some talent files and a bonus trailer for "Big Night".
Final Thoughts: Worth a rental; I didn't feel too strongly about the film, and Tristar's minimal DVD presentation is unfortunate.
"The Daytrippers" is a moderately amusing little comedy that I found entertaining, although with a few flaws. Revolving around Eliza(Hope Davis of "Next Stop, Wonderland"), she has just found a note from her husband, Luis(Stanley Tucci) that may be evidence that he's cheating on her. Joining her family(which includes the always engaging Parker Posey), they all pile into the car to see what exactly the story is.
It's a pretty interesting concept for an independent film, and it works here. Stick a bunch of people who, possibly, could begin to get on each other's nerves, into a car and see what happens. Some of the characters such as Posey's Jo and Davis as Eliza are engaging and funny; there's also the other side. Anne Meara as Rita, the mother, is extremely annoying at times.
Although I enjoyed the conversations between the characters, the film doesn't move things along quick enough. Occasionally, the film almost stops as the characters engage each other in a conversation that really does nothing to further the plot. When it works though, "The Daytrippers" is a fun little ride. Nothing earth-shaking, but a good way to spend 90 minutes.
The DVD
VIDEO: I'm not quite sure why, but "The Daytrippers" is one of the very few non-anamorphic transfers that Columbia-Tristar has ever done. Beyond that, it's full-frame. The final product looks ok, and keeping the film's low-budget origins in mind, it looks decent. Images look adequately sharp, but generally have a little bit of a soft feel to them. Detail is fair, but also not terribly strong. Colors are acceptable, but look pretty subdued for the most part. There's some problems; grain is definitely noticable in some scenes - there is some slight shimmering and wear on the print, as well. The wear on the print isn't too terrible; just some noticable marks on occasion.
This really keeps with Tristar's reputation; although it's certainly unfortunate that this is a full-frame, non-anamorphic transfer, for those conditions, it actually doesn't look too bad. This could have looked better, but it's certainly not unwatchable.
SOUND: A low-budget dialogue driven picture, "The Daytrippers" is understandably limited in terms of audio, with the score being the only other element besides the dialogue. The score does have a very crisp, clean presence though. Dialogue is fairly clean and easily understood.
MENUS:: Nicely designed although pretty basic main menus based around images from the film.
EXTRAS: Some talent files and a bonus trailer for "Big Night".
Final Thoughts: Worth a rental; I didn't feel too strongly about the film, and Tristar's minimal DVD presentation is unfortunate.
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