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SAFE (1995) Grade: B-

Strange film that will recognize more widely if it was released today. Especially after COVID. The themes of the film are more now than ever. Julianne Moore also gives a strong performance.

"But, for at least part of the 1999-2000 TV season, Freaks And Geeks was a beacon to anyone whose high school experience was awkward, boring, humbling, or painful—basically, anything other than the sexy and stylish depictions that had dominated teen-centered movies and shows. It begins with a feint in the pilot episode, one of best series introductions ever. Director Jake Kasdan scans the high school track, seeking out a very blond football player (Gabriel Carpenter, in a role not unlike his appearance in 1999’s Drive Me Crazy) who’s confessing his affection to a very blond cheerleader in the bleachers. This early encounter is the extent to which Freaks And Geeks would engage with the kind of prepossessing teens who were frequently the subjects of these shows. This decision, Feig tells The A.V. Club, was based on having “grown up on such a diet of teen stuff being about beautiful people who were so cool with everything, including sex. It didn’t reflect anything I grew up around. You would see those kids; they were around. But they weren’t my group. They weren’t the majority of the kids that I knew.”

The camera ventures under the bleachers, where Daniel Desario (James Franco) is holding court among the other “freaks,” before panning over to our protagonist, Lindsay Weir (Linda Cardellini), who’s lurking nearby, ever between groups. The camera keeps moving, settling on an altercation between the “geeks”—Lindsay’s brother, Sam (John Francis Daley), and his friends Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr) and Neal Schweiber (Samm Levine)—and a bully named Alan (The Sandlot’s Chauncey Leopardi). Lindsay comes to their rescue, but inadvertently offends Sam by referencing his diminutive stature. Lindsay is insulted by Alan’s buddies for her trouble, and Sam stalks off. This opening scene is a prime example of the brand of subversion found in Feig’s good-hearted show. A lesser series would have dedicated at least five minutes to Lindsay making up her mind, either in approaching the freaks or standing up for her brother. In Feig’s pilot, Lindsay acts decisively and still gets it wrong, which is not how this is supposed to go—that is, not on network television, and certainly not on the powerhouse network that was NBC in the late ’90s.

That was far from the last time Freaks And Geeks would defy expectations. In the same episode, we learn Lindsay is in the midst of an existential crisis brought on by her grandmother’s death. Hearing from her grandmother, the kindest and best person Lindsay had ever known, that there was nothing waiting on the “other side” leaves her questioning everything. So the former mathlete goes looking for answers in unlikely places, including under the bleachers and on the “smoking patio” with the freaks. Lindsay bonds with the freaks, especially Kim Kelly (Busy Philipps), whose depths were just as filled with teen-girl fury as insecurity. She even manages to win over the caustic Ken Miller (Seth Rogen). But her behavior flummoxes her parents, Harold (Joe Flaherty) and Jean (Becky Ann Baker), and to a lesser extent, her brother. Lindsay’s quest, which unfolded over the course of the season, was probably just as baffling for NBC executives (and possibly viewers). She wasn’t mollified by a new relationship with sweet stoner Nick Andopolis (Jason Segel), nor did she quickly learn her lesson and return to her high-achieving best friend Millie’s (Sarah Hagan) side. The absence of easy answers became a defining element of Lindsay’s life, as well as of the show.

But Freaks And Geeks was always just as optimistic as it was realistic, which is a key part of its enduring appeal. It’s a show about survival, about how a found community can help you muddle through anything. Despite the labels, Feig’s characters are all basically good people—failing that, they’re people who are capable of doing better."

Danette Chavez, "Why Freaks and Geeks Is the Teen Show that Endures"

Sixty) The Big Green Steve Guttenberg really fell of the radar for a patch in the early 1990s, did he not? The Big Green brought him back into the "social consciousness" for a bit. This, It Takes Two, Zeus and Roxanne, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, and Tower of Terror. Then a slight comeback in the 2000s with recurring appearances on Veronica Mars, Ballers, and Dancing with the Stars. Man! If you watch a lot of these 1990s sports films and you will see a lot of actor overlap. Patrick Renna and Chauncey Leopardi (The Big Green and The Sandlot) and Jay O. Sanders (this and Angels in the Outfield) from this had the overlapping effect here. https://www.instagram.com/p/CpHG19_uM0C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Wear a T-shirt and jeans tomorrow, okay?”

The Sandlot (1993) directed by David Mickey Evans

The Sandlot (1993)

dir. David Mickey Evans

In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures. (via IMDb)

Highlight/s: Smalls is adorable 😭; the performances!

Lowlight/s: Unnecessary arse shot of a woman crossing the road, being ogled by CHILDREN; then Squints later tricking her into giving him mouth to mouth at the pool so he could forcibly kiss her - at least it wasn't just brushed of as some harmless "boys will be boys" BS though! (well, sort of); buuuut then they ended up getting married & having NINE KIDS when Squints finished school apparently?? ..ew.

Will I watch it again? Maybe. I think this is one of those movies that's kind of hard to really get into if you're watching it for the first time as an adult. I know that if I'd seen this when I was a kid, I would've loved it, the way I love Honey I Shrunk The Kids and Hallmark's Alice in Wonderland, and I would've been watching it regularly for that sweet nostalgia hit 😂

Rating: 👍🏻

The Sandlot (1993)

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The Sandlot (1993)

#283 / 2016 Movie List / The Sandlot (1993) / David M. Evans

this is about the mushroom advice column thing, I’m not going to link to it, you’ve all seen it. 

How high does your self-esteem have to be that someone keeps trying to feed you a food you’re deathly allergic to and you’re like “Why does this keep happening? How can i get them to stop?” They don’t like you. Some people aren’t going to like you. Stop going to their house! 

I know it feels like you’re letting them “win” by getting what they want and you not going to their house, but really you win, by staying alive. (Sidebar - I do place a lot of blame on the husband too, for example if my husband had let’s say a fatal allergy to eggs, and my dad would only prepare foods with eggs in them whenever we went to the farm, and I didn’t tell him to fuck off, I would be a very bad wife and partner!) 

It’s times like these that I wish Freaks and Geeks had been more popular, so her husband could tell his folks that they are behaving like McKinley High bully Alan White as portrayed by Chauncey Leopardi, when he gave Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr) peanuts because he thought Bill was only pretending to have a serious peanut allergy. https://youtu.be/JnHraVRBfL8

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