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Falling Over Backwards
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Wikipedia article
'Falling Over Backwards' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Mort Ransen and released in 1990."Director Ransen's film grim yet still playful". 'Halifax Daily News', April 9, 1991.
Plot
The film stars Saul Rubinek as Mel Rosenblum, a newly divorced schoolteacher suffering a mid-life crisis, who decides to reconstruct the happier times in his life by engineering the reunion of his divorced parents Harvey (Paul Soles) and Rose (Helen Hughes)."Set in Montreal, Falling Over Backwards is honest little film". 'Montreal Gazette', August 28, 1990. Meanwhile, Mel himself is drawn into a nascent relationship with Jackie (Julie Saint-Pierre), his landlady, which is complicated when Jackie discovers that she is pregnant by her previous boyfriend and considers having an abortion."Romantic comedy ends poorly". 'Calgary Herald', March 14, 1991.
Cast
* Saul Rubinek as Mel Rosenblum
* Paul Soles as Harvey Rosenblum
* Julie Saint-Pierre as Jackie
* Helen Hughes as Rose Rosenblum
* Vlasta Vrna as Drunk
* Harry Standjofski as Club Manager
* Aidan Devine as Young Man
Reception
The film was compared by critics to a Jewish version of a Michel Tremblay play."Feel-good film examines the feel-awful '90s; Montreal director, cast bent over backwards to make Falling Over Backwards". 'Edmonton Journal', April 10, 1991. Ransen described it as the film that led to his decision to leave the National Film Board to work as an independent director, as he could not imagine the board approving the project."Director finds vision on Plateau; Montrealer realizes dream of making feel-good '50s flick with feel-bad problems of '90s". 'Montreal Gazette', April 5, 1991.
The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991, for Best Supporting Actor (Soles) and Best Sound Editing (Gudrun Christian, Andy Malcolm, Michelle Cooke, Abby Jack Neidik and Diane Le Floch).
References
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