{"id":4978,"date":"2016-12-11T10:54:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T15:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4978"},"modified":"2023-12-24T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T14:00:07","slug":"lovely-still-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4978","title":{"rendered":"Lovely, Still-2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lovely, Still-2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Nik Fackler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Ellen Burstyn, Martin Landau<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #543<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70108806.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4979\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70108806-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70108806-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70108806.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed December 11, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh, how I wish this movie had gotten more attention! Lovely, Still (2008) is a small, independent venture, that is Christmas-themed, and set in Omaha, Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p>It stars Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn as an older couple who fall in love. Landau is Robert, a lonely older man interested in dating again. He meets and falls in love with Mary, the mother of his next-door neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>Before you start thinking Lifetime television movie, the last thirty minutes of the film will shock and fascinate you. A guttural reveal takes this film to a completely different place during the climax, making it a heart-wrenching, and powerful experience.<\/p>\n<p>Landau and Burstyn are wonderful actors who mesmerize scenes together. They have a sweet, innocence, and are in glee, like teenagers, experiencing first love.<\/p>\n<p>My only criticism is the first half of Lovely, Still is a bit slow, but this can be forgotten as the film kicks into high gear.<\/p>\n<p>Also, some wonderful camera shots from novice director Nik Fackler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lovely, Still-2008 Director Nik Fackler Starring Ellen Burstyn, Martin Landau Scott&#8217;s Review #543 Reviewed December 11, 2016 Grade: B+ Oh, how I wish this movie had gotten more attention! Lovely, Still (2008) is a small, independent venture, that is Christmas-themed, and set in Omaha, Nebraska. It stars Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn as an older &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4978\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lovely, Still-2008<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,2687,192,2398,910,41,211,2686,2685],"tags":[142,2690,193,2408,915,73,212,2689,2688],"class_list":["post-4978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2008-films","category-adam-scott","category-dramas","category-elizabeth-banks","category-ellen-burstyn","category-indiefilms","category-indie-dramas","category-martin-landau","category-nik-fackler","tag-2008-movie-reviews","tag-adam-scott","tag-dramas-2","tag-elizabeth-banks","tag-ellen-burstyn","tag-independent-films","tag-indie-dramas","tag-martin-landau","tag-nik-fackler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4978"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19681,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978\/revisions\/19681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}