On November 1, 1972 Toni Collette was born... so the theme for today are films with Toni Collette-enjoy!
1 Muriel's Wedding (1994) Director: P.J. Hogan
Charming film about a young woman (Toni Collette) who believes that her unhappy life will improve if she is married-Collette is great in her performance and Bill Hunter is also great as overbearing father...
2 The Sixth Sense (1999) Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Engrossing film about a young boy (Haley Joel Osment) who is able to communicate with spirits, and begins communicating with a child psychologist (Bruce Willis)-Osment and Willis are both good in their roles; Osment and Toni Collette (as Osment's family) were both nominated for Academy Awards for their performances...
3 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Director: Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris
Interesting movie about a young girl (Abigail Breslin) who is accompanied by her offbeat family to perform in a contest; Alan Arkin is great as foul mouthed family member, which he won an Oscar for his performance...
4 Abut a Boy (2002) Director: Chris Weitz/Paul Weitz
Sweet film about a man (Hugh Grant) who attempts to meet women by attending self help groups and ends up befriending a lonely young man (Nicholas Hoult); Grant and Collette (as Hoult's mother) are both good in their roles...
5 The Dead Girl (2006) Director: Karen Moncrieff
Intriguing movie about how a number of people's lives intertwined with a girl who ends up dead; great performances by stellar cast...
I hope that the above picks will provide hours of viewing entertainment-enjoy!
Dianezy
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