Sunday, November 24, 2013

Movie: Delivery Man

Considering MH Hawkeye is up to two hundred fifty page views a day I figured I might be able to influence a few loyal readers to visit their local movie theater. It's not often my wife and I approve of something we see. Most often we agree in the negative, e.g. The Counselor, but rarely in the positive. It wasn't the case last Friday. We attended the opening of the Vince Vaughn film, Delivery Man. Vaughn is my favorite actor. I liked him in The Wedding Crashers but also in a more serious film, A Cool, Dry Place. To me, he's like Tom Selleck; someone you'd like for a buddy.
Delivery Man tells the story about a nice guy, a nice shiftless guy. His girlfriend gets pregnant and he decides to show her he's a responsible person. It's at this time he is presented with some unsettling news. Between 1991 and 1995 he offered himself as a sperm donor. He helped impregnate 523 kids of whom 133 wished to find out just who their dad happened to be. The plot of the movie shows how a person can mature and become a productive and giving dad.
The premise of the story is silly but the reason we very much like the show is: it's pro-life and there is a compassion developed toward our fellow man. In one poignant scene Vaughn meets one of his son's who is severely physically and mentally challenged. It, the scene, will tug at your heart.
The movie is only an hour and a half in length and it might be one of the best things you seen in recent years. Go for it. It's a good one.

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