Road to Wellville

Pros: Funny and offbeat, more lighthearted than the book.

Cons: Disjointed, not for everyone.

The Bottom Line: Features name actors and actresses in non-typical roles. Off-beat, funny, and entertaining, but definitely not mainstream.

Review: "The Road to Wellville" is very loosely based on the life of Dr. John Kellogg of Battle Creek, Michigan (inventor of the corn flake, which was usurped and commercialized by his brother). But although there are some elements of truth here (for example, ...

Pros: Lots of yuks

Cons: none

Review: This one was so good I had to buy it!

It stars Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack and Dana Carvey. Matthew Broderick and Bridget Fonda play husband and wife team, Eleanor and William Lightbody. Eleanor has...

Pros: Mathew Broderick shows us his classic humorous acting skills.

Cons: Colm Meaney is wasted in the film. Two stories which never really come together.

Review: It's been six years since this movie came out and I have finally watched it on video for the first time.

Set in Battlecreek, MI during the turn of the century, this film is more like two films than one, and where as most stories with seemingly...

Pros: Great ensemble cast, Alan Parker on board as director

Cons: Cast is woefully misused, Parker

The Bottom Line: Despite a game solid cast, Alan Parker's high-energy film derails due to a solid diet of potty humor and an over-reaching script. Good for a few laughs, though.

Review: So I'm sitting here in my one-bedroom Hollywood pad on this pleasant Sunday evening, not doing too much of anything. I tried to watch Scream 3 as it was on cable, but I'm such a scaredy-cat when it comes to watching slasher flicks on my...

Pros: John Cusack

Cons: Miscasted roles, troubled story, convoluted plot-lines, comedic elements

The Bottom Line: This has all the qualities needed to make a movie terrible. Bad script, bad dialogue, bad acting, and bad character development. Run, run very fast, away from this film.

Review: Anthony Hopkins has yet to make a bad movie. Check that. Anthony Hopkins had YET to make a bad movie until "The Road to Wellville." In 1994, this film came out to a lot of praise, saying it was a comedy that would challenge everything we thought about ...

Pros: marvelous cast and concept

Cons: the execution of the concept.

The Bottom Line: stay away from the movie, but check out the book.

Review: I had heard about the movie Road to Wellville's concept before I saw it. I never did get to see it in the theater, however, as it was in and out before I had a chance. I did get to read the book and enjoyed that. I decided when the opportunity...

Pros: well ... basically the movie

Cons: well ... basically the movie lol

The Bottom Line: I was disappointed in the movie considering the caliber of the actors involved

Review: SURPRISINGLY WELL CASTED TURKEY
Dr. Kellogg - Anthony Hopkins
Elanor Lightbody - Bridget Fonda
Will Lightbody - Matthew Broderick
Charles Ossining - John Cusack
George Kellogg - Dana Carvey
Goodloe Bender - Michael...

Pros: --

Cons: The health procedures in this movie aren't necessarily healthy!

Review: Good satire should have some real bite to it, if you'll pardon the unintentional pun. This film really doesn't; in fact, it reminds me something of cotton candy in the sense that the minute one is done with it, one forgets what position the writers of...