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March 26, 2009

IS ANYBODY THERE?

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ColeSmithey.comAs a modest coming-of-age black comedy, director John Crowley's "Is Anybody There?" fills its chosen niche with an appropriately contained performance from Michael Caine.

Caine's Clarence is a senile retired magician who takes up residence in an English seaside nursing home run by a married couple approaching middle age.

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The couple's only child Edward (well played by Mill Milner) is a 10-year-old boy processing the ongoing parade of death around him with a fervent interest in ghosts.

Edward plants his tape recorder in the rooms of ill patients with the hope of capturing clues to the mysteries of death.

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Although sworn enemies at first, Clarence becomes a mentor to Edward after the kid saves him from an attempt at suicide.

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Equal parts sweet and sour, "Is Anybody There?" is a thoughtful little chamber piece with just the right amount of laugh-out-loud humor.

Rated PG-13. 92 mins.

3 Stars

Cozy Cole

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