My One and Only

You've probably never heard of this Renee Zellweger-starring film that features Chris Noth, Kevin Bacon, Eric McCormack, Steven Weber, and Nick Stahl. It costars Logan Lerman, who will or will not soon be super-famous starring in Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief.

The movie is about a story from George Hamilton's childhood that he told Merv Griffin. Griffin developed the project all the way until his death in 2007. Zellweger plays Hamilton's mother, and Lerman plays George in this road trip movie where a jilted mother takes her two boys with her to find a new man. It's light, frothy, and a little silly. Sometimes, that's what I'm in the mood for...not always, but sometimes.

My One and Only is the kind of movie that Hollywood seems to have trouble believing in or knowing how to sell anymore. Just as the move to Violet Beauregarde expectations (I want it now) for news and reporting have threatened and killed so many print publications, narrative film has been at a crossroads for some years. In an ideal world, one could rent it from their couch for a nominal charge.

The movie opened very limited back in August and it is now available for purchase on DVD at Target for $17. It was $10 on Black Friday, and I think they'd be moving a lot more units of it at that price. No one buys a movie they've never heard of (albeit with stars they know) for $20, but for $10, they'll consider it and end up dropping it in the cart. The DVD includes a behind-the-scenes and a making-of featurette.