All I Want
by Jeffrey Porter
from Sony Pictures
Elijah Wood has one of his first post-Frodo leading roles in this mild-mannered comedy (the title of which was Try Seventeen in its film festival showings). He's a 17-year-old college dropout who moves into a funky old apartment building and becomes intrigued by his wacky neighbors. Mandy Moore plays the self-absorbed actress across the hall, and Run Lola Run goddess Franka Potente is a cranky photographer. The movie has a few surprises (the casting seems to suggest a teenybopper romance for Wood and Moore, but not so fast), although the energy level rarely perks up and it's pretty thin on actual narrative happenings. Wood's tendency toward fantasy is an especially tired device. A furtive sense of humor, plus the big adoring closeups of the highly photogenic leading ladies, provides the low-key interest. Trivia: Elizabeth Perkins plays the hero's irresponsible mom; she was also Elijah Wood's mother in Avalon. --Robert Horton
Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) stars as seventeen-year-old Jones an aspiring writer who shelves plans for college and rents a room in a boarding house where the quirky tenants teach him a lot more than any classroom ever could. Between bouts of longing for his mother's (Elizabeth Perkins) love and his father's address he fantasizes about enhancing his romantic prospects. First he buys a bed from the oversexed Ma Mabley (Deborah Harry) who offers to help him break it in. Before long he becomes involved with struggling actress Lisa (Mandy Moore A Walk to Remember). However it's the enigmatic Jane (Franka Potente The Bourne Identity) a photographer and a few years older than he who really gets his pulse racing. When Jane has a car accident and her ex-boyfriend shows up on his motorcycle things get complicated. Jones enlists the aid of Brad (Aaron Pearl) his wacky downstairs neighbor and they concoct a scheme that could get him what he wants . . . and a lot more!System Requirements:Running Time: 93 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 043396016477 Manufacturer No: 01647
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Try Seventeen [Region 2]
Elijah Wood has one of his first post-Frodo leading roles in this mild-mannered comedy (the title of which was Try Seventeen in its film festival showings). He's a 17-year-old college dropout who moves into a funky old apartment building and becomes intrigued by his wacky neighbors. Mandy Moore plays the self-absorbed actress across the hall, and Run Lola Run goddess Franka Potente is a cranky photographer. The movie has a few surprises (the casting seems to suggest a teenybopper romance for Wood and Moore, but not so fast), although the energy level rarely perks up and it's pretty thin on actual narrative happenings. Wood's tendency toward fantasy is an especially tired device. A furtive sense of humor, plus the big adoring closeups of the highly photogenic leading ladies, provides the low-key interest. Trivia: Elizabeth Perkins plays the hero's irresponsible mom; she was also Elijah Wood's mother in Avalon. --Robert Horton
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