"Fresh off of her Academy Award nominated triumph in 'Something's Gotta Give', the next logical move for Diane Keaton wa a low budget, made-for-television weeper with an unknown cast.A grieving mother is attempting to come to terms with her daughter's sudden death. In an attempt to better understand her daughter's life, she moves in with her daughter's friends in the rundown beach house where the group spent their summers. In her journey toward healing, she bonds with the group of young friends.
'The Wizard of Oz' must be the single most referenced work in movie history. In this particular case, Natalie (Diane Keaton) always begins phone calls to her daughter Sara, with the phrase "Surrender, Dorothy." The phrase early in the movie is a touchstone for the mother/daughter bond between Natalie and Sara. Later, it becomes symbolic of Natalie's loss.
Sara dies in a car accident while riding with her best friend Adam (Tom Everett Scott). He - along with a young couple and their baby - has shared a beach house with Sara every summer for years. When tragedy strikes, it isn't long before Natalie pays a visit and decides to stay awhile (much to the chagrin of Sara's friends). What follows is a character piece in which a group of people come to a deeper understanding of each other on the occasion of the death of one they all loved. As Natalie gets to know Sara's friends, she realizes that her daughter had many secrets and was not the girl she thought she knew. The movie's dialogue is fairly well written. 'Surrender, Dorothy' contains moments of self-discovery, forgiveness, and revelation that the viewer will see coming a mile away. You can found yourself quite emotionally detached during what should have been a touching climax to the film. The straightforward screenplay doesn't go much for subtlety or nuance, and performances are merely adequate. This seems to be what we've got in 'Surrender, Dorothy': We can feel better now."
Sara dies in a car accident while riding with her best friend Adam (Tom Everett Scott). He - along with a young couple and their baby - has shared a beach house with Sara every summer for years. When tragedy strikes, it isn't long before Natalie pays a visit and decides to stay awhile (much to the chagrin of Sara's friends). What follows is a character piece in which a group of people come to a deeper understanding of each other on the occasion of the death of one they all loved. As Natalie gets to know Sara's friends, she realizes that her daughter had many secrets and was not the girl she thought she knew. The movie's dialogue is fairly well written. 'Surrender, Dorothy' contains moments of self-discovery, forgiveness, and revelation that the viewer will see coming a mile away. You can found yourself quite emotionally detached during what should have been a touching climax to the film. The straightforward screenplay doesn't go much for subtlety or nuance, and performances are merely adequate. This seems to be what we've got in 'Surrender, Dorothy': We can feel better now."
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