It's been a lousy week, so last night I went trolling through my DVD's looking for those movies that just make me smile no matter what. Here's what I came up with:
That Thing You Do: It's a simpler time, happy music, and a dreams can come true plot. You can't help but smile (but don't watch all the way to the end, just up to the performance on the Hollywood Showcase)
Sister Act II: Many of the same reasons as above. How can you not smile when they do that wonderfully joyous song at the competition at the end of the film.
Miss Congeniality: Great stuff here. Funny, warm, ugly duckling makes good - sort of. . story. Tell me the answer to, "What is your idea of the perfect date." doesn't crack you up every time!
Marx Brothers: Anything, Horse Feathers, Night at the Opera - it's all so wonderfully written and a lot smarter than it looks. (And you have to catch Groucho in You Bet Your Life
A Mighty Wind: Like the Marx Brothers this is intelligent, yet silly and I laugh over, it's like we share one brain between us, and I cry when they sing Kiss at the End of the Rainbow. A great film and it makes all the bad in life go away.
Hey, I noticed a theme - most of my happy movies have music in them but aren't strictly musicals, which I also love!
What are your feel better movies?
Cyn
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