North (1994)
Directed by Rob Reiner
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
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Rob Reiner, director of “A Few Good Men” and “The Princess Bride” and “Misery,” giving us “North,” which inspired Roger’s immortal passage: “I hated this movie.
RUMOR HAS IT..., ALEX & EMMA, and THE STORY OF US, not to mention the notorious flop NORTH, are far cries from his work on THIS IS SPINAL TAP and THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
This is a mild comeback for Rob Reiner, the once can't-miss director of "Spinal Tap," "The Princess Bride," "When Harry Met Sally" and "A Few Good Men." His script chooser suffered lapses in judgement that led to "Rumor Has It," "Alex and Emma" and "North."
Flipped, Reiner's first stab at a family film since the disastrous North, comes nowhere near the beautifully constructed brilliance of Princess Bride, but it's nonetheless Reiner's best effort in more than ten years.
“You’ve got more natural talent when you dance than anyone I’ve ever seen,” insists the imaginatively named “James Smith” (Glenn Plummer, who deserves better), a choreographer who appears on the periphery of Nomi’s journey with the ubiquity of Bruce Willis in North .