The Boat Builder

The acting is appalling except for Lloyd who is excellent, and Rachel Resheff who is also good as the cousin. And the script could have been much better, but it's sweet story and enjoyable to watch. If you don't go in expecting Spielberg, you will find it's not a bad movie.

I have been a Christopher Lloyd for many years, of course as Doc Brown but even before that as Reverend Jim in the old Taxi TV series. He is the old boat builder Abner in this title and truthfully in this small movie without him it probably would not be worth a watch. The script is often very clumsy and many actors just aren't very good at all, but Abner is always authentic.

Filmed mostly in the Pacifica, California area, on the coast just south of San Francisco, Abner is a retired sea-going captain and is building this 20-odd foot sailboat on his property. But zoning prohibits that and when neighbors complain he has two weeks to get the boat out of there. An orphan boy living temporarily with his relatives comes to Abner's aid, what starts out as an adversarial one turns into a friendly relationship.

As I said, a good smaller move for Lloyd, interesting and entertaining. My wife and I watched it on Amazon streaming movies.

Was this an improv? The only guidance for every character in the story seems to be, "do whatever you want - there are no consequences for any action you take."

What happened to the end of the movie... it had potential, but it was slow and lacked meat. We only got half of the bones.

The premace to the story was interesting, but it lacked substance, development of the characters and, in a few words, they only presented the cliff notes. The movie left me speechless and the review has to be 600 words, so many more that the dialog in the movie. I usually like Christopher Lloyd and I really liked the young boy. Shame on the daughter for not understanding her father's predicament and the boys uncle was absolutely clueless. The scenery was beautiful and the locale was stunning.

Regardless of age Christopher Lloyd never ceases to entertain with positive feelings. I love to watch this man act, a sincere great of all times.