RickJaso
Joined Feb 1999
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Pushing Tin takes a unique subject matter, a job that affects almost everyone in America, and compelling lead character in the midst of a moving internal struggle and absolutely ruins it. Why did the director and/or producer have to try and make Top Gun for Air Traffic Controllers? The first scene of this movie was so laughable I almost walked out. These filmmakers adapted this movie from an article, as the opening credits state. Too bad they used the Hollywood cookie cutter to do it. Mr. Cusack and Mr. Thornton are enjoyable as usual and so was Ms Blanchett, unfortunately that is not enough.
I was very impressed with this movie, and especially Eric Schaeffer. Granted, the story seems a little bit like a male fantasy, a cab driver seduces a supermodel, but the writing and delivery of the script make you forget that it is unbelievable. I can't remember being impressed by the delivery of a monologue in a movie, except for maybe Laurence Fishburne in Deep Cover. Eric Schaeffer impressed me. Just as Rocky made me dream of being a boxer, Fall made me dream of being a writer.