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Ace Ventura Director’s Near-Death Experience Results in Documentary of Hope

by Trent Gilliss, senior editor

I was not prepared to get a little choked up when watching this movie trailer. Partly because of the use of “new-agey” in the description below. But, it doesn’t feel new-agey at all. Just hopeful and aspirational. A big thanks to the Utne Reader for posting:

“You wouldn’t expect the director who gave the world ridiculous films like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Bruce Almighty to make a new-agey documentary about the interconnectedness of all life—but that’s what has happened with I Am, Tom Shadyac’s earnest new feature. Read the full review …”

    • #video
    • #cinema
    • #documentary
    • #humanity
  • 2 years ago [Thu, Apr 7th, 2011 at 2:10pm] via utnereader
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