STRANGERS IN GOOD COMPANY
A film review by Ken Johnson
Copyright 1992 Ken Johnson
97 min., PG, Drama/Comedy, 1991, Canadian Director: Cynthia Scott Cast: Alice Diabo, Constance Garneau, Winifred Holden, Cissy Meddings, Mary Meigs, Catherine Roche, Michelle Sweeny, Beth Webber
Several women are on a bus when it breaks down in the middle of nowhere. One of the women knows of an old falling apart house nearby where no one lives anymore. There are no provisions in the house and they have little with them. They have to depend on each other's talents and knowledge until the bus can be fixed.
STRANGERS IN GOOD COMPANY is a rather good film. It does have some slow spots, but on the whole it is well crafted. The locations are well picked. By the house is a beautiful lake, and the house has nice mountains in the background. On a scale of zero to five, I give STRANGERS IN GOOD COMPANY a three. STRANGERS IN GOOD COMPANY is rated PG for adult situations.
The story, itself, is very well done. It is touching. You can feel when the people are scared or depressed. The actresses did a very good job, I feel, convincing the audience that they were the character in the film. The one main problem with the film is that it sometimes gets slow. The fault is not with the actresses, I think, but lies in the screenplay. The other main problem with the film is that the oldest woman tries, I think, to draw a little too much sympathy from the audience. If the actress, sorry I don't remember who played her, had under played the character a bit, the character would have been more believable. The screenplay, otherwise, is very well done. It is a believable story, which makes the movie much better. The characters are ones that I felt myself caring about. I was hoping that they wouldn't die stranded out in the middle of nowhere, but would make it to civilization.
Ken J. blj@mithrandir.cs.unh.edu
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