Wide Blue Yonder

All at Sea, sometimes called Wide Blue Yonder. From norway ! Brian cox, lauren bacall. When an old friend dies, wally does his best to fulfill his dying wish. To be buried at sea. But wally doesn't have a boat. And the regulations are very complicated. Lots of one liners from the mean director of the nursing home. In imdb, the character list is mostly all first names, so we're not really sure who is who. Co-stars british actor james fox as george, who seems to be here to antagonize everyone he meets. Lots of little side plots, and it's done way over the top, but it's all in good fun. Can wally raise the money needed, and overcome the endless obstacles to finally bury his good friend, in spite of everything against him? Directed by robert young. He had also done splitting heirs in 1993, with eric idle and john cleese. Story by hugh janes. It's okay. Not great, not bad.

I'm not sure people realize this, but you can actually watch Wide Blue Yonder (2010) for free online at wideblueyonderthemovie.com. I don't know when this site became available, but I streamed the whole movie for free a couple of days ago and all I had to do was basically enter my name and email address.

But why is this movie so hard to find and not available on DVD or anything? I saw it at the Emden Film Festival when I was visiting some friends and keep waiting for it to become available on Netflix here but it never does. I love these kind of quirky indie Euro movies, so this was right up my alley. You will not even believe how crazy Brian Cox looks and acts in this movie! He doesn't usually do comedies like this, so this is a pleasant surprise because he's actually really funny and goofy in the movie. To me, the acting was really good and the writing was sharp so I don't get why people haven't seen or heard about this movie.

I like this film because it works for me on many levels. The basic story line is that a sailor named Skip has died and wanted to be buried at sea. This is not the done thing this century so the authorities have organized a proper church yard burial. However his life long friend Wally wants the sea burial to happen and stealing the corpse is the way to make this happen.

Writer director Robert Young and his producers have set out to make a little story told well and they have succeeded. It's a sensible use of film funding money which was able to attract Brian Cox , Lauren Bacall and James Fox.

The script has some good laughs and the support characters look and act well.

If given the opportunity this is the sort of film I would like to make.

Brian Cox presented a spectacular show as a sailor and Lauren Baca was spectacular as always. It was a fun movie.

Brian Cox plays a happy go lucky salty sea dog who is determined to bury his recently departed best friend at sea, against the wishes of just about everyone.

Whimsical, gently comedy with some funny lines and scenes occasionally punctuated with just about palatable sentiment. It lacks an element of panache that it badly needs, but the cast are fine, it's nice to see Lauren Bacall and all in all makes for a pleasant but hardly groundbreaking 90 minutes.