An American Reunion

I have never seen a movie that was so hilariously specific to exacting a suicide attempt, as a way of saying what needed to be said to prevent it.

It appears that thousands of people that eventually do commit suicide, didn't have such a strong clique of good friends to compel the depressed person to consider the upside of a tough life.

Most people have been sheltered and babied so much, that they become such big babies when it comes to their personal needs and unrequited desires, that it's important to spell-out the good times and memories that placed them in such a negative situation.

Psychology is stranger and deeper than most people could ever imagine, unless you've known that person for years and years. It's a great thing to show the importance of friendship and support, through-out our lives. This pseudo true story is money when it describes relationships past and future with this prose.

ex: The character Jamie is asked, "Do you ever finds it's harder to give someone new everything you have, when you've already given someone else, everything you had?" DEEP...and true. I found this project to be beautifully shot and on the money with the acting and directing. What a subtle gem!

There's are less few movies make today, that touch me anymore like life touch me. I have a very tough expectation for stories and all the money that they make and all they are is special effects and big stars that just work on them for the money. When i get this movie at the video store, i get it because it was based on a true happening and I wanted to see what Americans do at their reunion partys. It start out with the past pictures and what they do and then the movie begins. I enjoyed it because it make me think of my friends growing up. I think it important to remember who make who you are today, and that is the main storyline. Never forget you friends. Love them. Love you families. Never forget anytime in you life, if you want to be a good person with a good heart. Ciao.

Without sounding holier than thou, I hope that my comments are not taken out of context.

A couple decades ago I was cheering with a Professional football team and several of my peers and I were at a charity event, where I met Jim Fitzpatrick. At the time Jimmy was playing for another professional football team in the same town called the Tampa Bay Bandits.

After the event about a dozen of us went to Bennegens for a bite to eat. Needless to say, libation followed. Only then did we begin talking about our personal lives, when I opened up to our group about one of my relatives committing suicide.

Jim was immediately focused and supportive simultaneously like I've never seen anyone become involved before when I talked about my cousin.

Jim had known somebody that had taken their life that he knew in high school and now I come to find out a girl he dated in high school also did the same. Jim's a very emotional guy that always cared enough to listen to other peoples problems to the point that he became somewhat like psychiatrist. Thanks for making this movie Jimmy.

It helps everybody to know they're not alone with this situation.

My heart ached for the past while I watched this story unfold, because it made me relive, and rethink my old friendships...my loves of my life...and the choices I made that took me away from them. It rang true to MY life as well as others that i went to the screening with, because it made me miss my friends that have passed on. I painfully loved this film, because I've lived it! It had me frozen to my seat for the entirety of the picture and even then, i knew that I wouldn't see anything else that moved me so much.

"American Reunion" takes serious things and turns them into an educational, comical and more dramatic version of life itself. The film uses characters like Larry and Cindy to show the parity of wisdom versus clarity. Larry himself represents the naive child looking at the world as an educated person without the real wisdom of his age group. To watch this film as a life lesson is probably the best thing that you can do. You feel almost as if you are as vulnerable as Larry if you've ever experienced a drug problem, instead of just pitying Larry like most people do. I think the point of the film is to show that through the eyes of a lost soul in the world, and whatever difficulties one is facing, that friendship really can seem magical if you just look at things without the cynical view finder that we seem to use today. Jamie's character has an ability to look at things more simply, having gone away, then returned to face his old friends and lovers. I think for this reason alone, this film should be considered, one of the best films ever. Even after we watched this movie with other strangers, everyone that have watched the film has the impact of empathy on it's audience so that for ten minutes after the film everyone feels wiser and unified in humanity. This film is one the greatest films of all time, if you ask me.

I am truly looking forward to my ten year reunion now. This movie has peaked my interest in how my friends have turned out and what they are doing for a living. After graduating high school I came to New York, then went to Los Angeles, then to Miami, then...

The guy that wrote this story has been deeply affected by his high school days, and I think that's wonderful. Most people just move on with their lives but this guy, has hit a major nerve with this movie. My first love, my first romance, and my first experience with losing a close friend all happened right after high school. I think about the friends and lovers and even the one night stands I had, in high school all the time. Sometimes it saddens me, but I choose to remember them, and their smiles. Great movie Mr. Fitzpatrick. I just never give any movies a ten.