The Best of Times

I have always liked this film ever since I saw it when I was a teenager. It wasn't a hit and no one really saw it but it is the kind of film that grows on me every time I see it. It is a predictable but winning little comedy about the desire that one might have to relive and redo mistakes in their past.

It stars Robin Williams and Kurt Russell Jack and Reno. They are friends since high school and played football. William dropped a perfect pass in a game that his team would have won against an arch rival. He is haunted by that drop. He is living in the past, thinking that his life would be better if only he would have caught the pass. Kurt Russell was the star QB in high school but is now a van painting specialist who has a wife that wants to leave him. Hack gets the idea of replaying the fame so that he could try to correct his past. Williams is very funny as Jack, and Kurt Russell is very good as Reno. They have great chemistry. The whole thing about playing the game is standard come back stuff but the charm of this film is that it's very well acted by all and sweet. It has no.orher pretentions than that and it works on that level. It is really the kind of nice comedy that isn't really made these days.

Grade: B