Moving Day

When this film was recommended to me, I thought it was going to be a slapstick-laden comedy and I was reluctant to start watching it. The first few minutes seem to confirm my worries, but the film shifted under me and became a heartwarming story about Clyde's reassessment of his life and his attempt to make something better of himself.

There's a, well, not so much anti-establishment, but more a tone of not having to accept lousy jobs at lousy wages and lousy working conditions and that sometimes we have to be strong enough and brave enough to branch out into the unknown, cast ourselves free from our safety net of stagnation and try something new.

At a point when Clyde's only friendship seems to be coming to an end, there's a definite slant towards showing us that every ending can also be considered a new beginning, and sometimes it's only when life is dark that we can see the light leading us to new things and new experiences.

I was worried that the ending might throw me for a loop, but the ending was really good and I enjoyed the film greatly.

I would watch this again.

I thoroughly enjoyed this great little movie. Was not expecting a blockbuster (thank god, especially after the train wreck better known as The Dark Knight Rises), and got exactly what I was hoping for. Witty, endearing and quite enjoyable. WILL SASSO SHOULD WIN AN Oscar FOR THIS!! (kidding). But I can find fewer more pleasant things to do in downtown Toronto on a soggy, muggy summer afternoon. The cast was great and the script, although a bit light, is nonetheless lighthearted. Cheers to cast and director and the great city of Halifax (which I visited once). Look out for a great performance by the doyenne of east coast comedy, Cathy Jones.

Charlie Murphy and Will Sasso team up for an amazingly touching story about the hardship of daily life in modern times. I wouldn't say it's the best of its kind, but it does a good job of portraying the life and relationships of the main character. The two actors really give some of their best work in this film. It's heartwarming and helps fill the block of where the manual labor-heavy workers' minds go during their lives as proletariat of their time. I think the loss of Charlie Murphy in 2017 was horrible. I wish Will Sasso did more parts like these. The director is famous for doing "The Trailer Park Boys."

Moving Day is good enough to watch once, that's already something, but is it a movie that I will remember? Certainly not. For a comedy I expected just a lot more. There are some funny scenes/moments but not the kind you will remember forever. It's just an easy movie to watch with a more than decent cast but really nothing spectacular. There's not really anything bad to write about Moving Day, it is what it is, just don't expect too much.

The plot.

A group of four men working at a moving company all suffer downfalls, adding to their rough pasts that continue to haunt them.

It seems as if none of them will ever accomplish anything in life, and when the moving company starts falling apart, it has a ripple effect and their relationships are the next to go.

In order to save the moving company, their relationships and their futures, they must learn how to move forward in life and face their challenges.

Made by the guy who originated the brilliant Trailer park Boys.

This film is nothing like TPBs. Firstly it's rather slow and very strange.

I don't know what to make of it. It threw me for a loop.

The movie is more like a deep character study/buddy movie. It was a surprise.

I liked it. You might too, but don't expect the TPBs.