A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.
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Works Rather Well
This simple short feature works rather well, thanks in part to a decent story and in part to Dean Stockwell as the young boy. It is the kind of morality play that can easily become cloying or dreary if not handled carefully, but in this case it comes off all right.
Stockwell plays a boy who wants to enter an essay contest, for which the subject is "A Really Important Person". The character is portrayed as a typical boy, motivated by the desire to have fun and to please his friends. Stockwell plays the part well, and makes his otherwise familiar character worth being interested in. The story is also careful not to press its points too hard. The plot is rather predictable, but that was probably more or less by design.
There is just enough to the story to make it interesting without distracting attention from its intended point. While nothing remarkable, this is a decent example of how a simple, familiar, somewhat moralistic story can communicate its point without frills.
Stockwell plays a boy who wants to enter an essay contest, for which the subject is "A Really Important Person". The character is portrayed as a typical boy, motivated by the desire to have fun and to please his friends. Stockwell plays the part well, and makes his otherwise familiar character worth being interested in. The story is also careful not to press its points too hard. The plot is rather predictable, but that was probably more or less by design.
There is just enough to the story to make it interesting without distracting attention from its intended point. While nothing remarkable, this is a decent example of how a simple, familiar, somewhat moralistic story can communicate its point without frills.
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- Snow Leopard
- Sep 12, 2005
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- Passing Parade No. 59: A Really Important Person
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- Runtime11 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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