Plot Summary
Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence. The Los Angeles Herald Examiner calls Saul Bellow "the most honored living American writer," and yet this stands as the only of his works adapted to film. "Seize the Day," as well as Mr. Williams and the rest of the cast (which features Glenne Headly "Dick Tracy," Jerry Stiller, and Tony Roberts "Annie Hall, Manhattan"), received critical praise for this adaptation.
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A bummer
I liked Robin Williams a lot, so I watched this. It’s a real downer. Can’t figure out what the point was in making it. My takeaway: don’t bother. Watch Mrs. Doubtfire or Dead Poets Society instead.
Wasnt As Good As The Fisher King or Good Will Hunting But...
This movie was based on a book and those types of movies seem to always have parts that don't seem to make much sense but in this case it worked. Williams' ability to portray any emotion at a seconds notice is what made this movie worked. From the first five minutes i expected Tommy to crack and that to me was an incentive to keep watching.
Honestly the video quality reminded me of a movie on YouTube that was recorded on VHS and transferrred to digital on a computer and the picture was grainy at times, but it was tolerable.
I feel like only a real Robin Williams fan would enjoy this, but i still recommend it.
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