My One and Only

I saw this movie with my grandma yesterday and I don't think I would have felt the same about it if she hadn't been sitting right next to me. Although this wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, and I've definitely seen some better ones with lesser actors, it was strangely sentimental and familiar to me.
Seeing the era and the stereotypes of women at the time made me realize what an amazing woman my grandmother is, understand how she must have thought about herself and how to raise her children. I've started to spend so much time with her, I really truly enjoy it, she can really be a lot of fun and VERY funny, especially when she drinks. I don't know, I guess this movie really helped me appreciate my family, which was its point. My favorite line was, "I love my sister, I just can't stand to be around her." We all love our families and would do anything for them, we just most of the time would prefer to do it from far away.
At times it felt disjointed, not knowing when or how to portray it's tragic and light-hearted moments equally, so it just plunked down on one extreme or the other. The characters were either incredible sad or incredibly care-free and the sentimental moments inbetween were not long enough. Also, the movie seemed like it couldn't decide if it were going to tell this story from the mother's perspective or the son's, a great example of this balance was in Riding in Cars with Boys (which Logan Lerman also stared in). Unfortunately, Renee Zellweger did not deliver like Drew Barrymore. The ending was a little weak, also, and I started to feel like I was watching Lord of The Rings when it didn't end with the second tie-up.
I am particularly glad to see Zellweger playing someone her age, some many times (Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock) actresses continue to try to stay in their genre or role of young female, but she played an older woman with 2 almost grown boys, and she looked the part and though the character was sad, it wasn't a sad role for her.
Not to mention the kid in this movie was SO CUTE. Logan Lerman has one of the prettiest faces I've ever seen on a boy, yet still maintains that masculine quality. I also loved him in the TV show Jack and Bobby and 3:10 to Yuma, one of my all-time favorite westerns, even though it's a remake...