Fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed mother, his older sister and his 4-year-old brother, Ulysses. And so it is that as spring turns to summer, 1942, Homer Macauley delivers messages of love, hope, pain... and death... to the good people of Ithaca. And Homer Macauley will grapple with one message that will change him... (Full plot summary below)
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Fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed mother, his older sister and his 4-year-old brother, Ulysses. And so it is that as spring turns to summer, 1942, Homer Macauley delivers messages of love, hope, pain... and death... to the good people of Ithaca. And Homer Macauley will grapple with one message that will change him forever. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan's 1943 novel, The Human Comedy, ITHACA is a coming-of-age story about the exuberance of youth, the abruptness of change, the sweetness of life, the sting of death, and the sheer goodness that lives in each and every one of us.
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| Entertainment WeeklyDevan CogganIn all, Hanks’ casting feels like a missed opportunity—much like the rest of Ithaca. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonAn odyssey should be an epic adventure filled with discovery but we know the well-worn route Ithaca will take only too well. |
| New York Daily NewsJoe DziemianowiczRyan’s debut as a director is a sketchy and starchy film. The memorable thing about the movie is that Hanks, still one of the biggest stars on the planet, stepped up for his “Sleepless in Seattle” and “You’ve Got Mail” partner. |
| CinemalogueTodd JorgensonThe heavy-handed execution diminishes its emotional impact. |
| New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMs. Ryan’s muted approach may be what we’ve come to expect of looks back at this period — nostalgia always comes with a lot of browns and grays, and with plenty of voice-over (in this case, Marcus’s letters to Homer). But she executes the formula well. |
| ScotsmanAlistair HarknessThe stylistic mishmash is jarring to say the least. Even the performances -- usually a strong point for actors-turned-directors -- are leaden. |
| CineVueMatthew AndersonRyan forgets to develop character past the planning stages. |
| TheWrapClaudia PuigDsjointed, dreary and oddly structured. Seemingly pointless scenes drag. The characters feel like cardboard cutouts, and the story is so deliberately paced as to feel tedious. |
| User ReviewJames H"Ithaca" does for the homefront what Malick's "The Thin Red Line" did for the frontlines. Meg Ryan's directorial debut also succeeds where Angelina Jolie failed so dramatically in "Unbroken." She captures the sense of an era and makes very trenchant observations about a young man and a culture that is not yet able to understand what they are about to be immersed in: World War II. I ended up being quite impressed by Ryan's directorial aptitude, since it is a cliche that every actor/actress thinks they have the knack for directing, but Ryan actually does. The newly-written John Mellencamp score adds much to the atmosphere. |
| User ReviewDarthatron .I thought it was a nice movie that kept me entertained. |
