The Big Kahuna

Rating:★★★★★
Category:Movies
Genre: Drama
Heh, for some reason, been having these hyperactive surges on Saturday nights for the last two to three weeks or so, staying up late all night watching movies.

Latest one I caught was on Channel 5 wee hours of this Sunday morn - The Big Kahuna, starring Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito and Peter Facinelli.

Was really taken in by the content topics in the dialogue between the characters played by the three actors, and actually found out that the movie was a filmed play. A totally refreshing (at least to me) take on movie style, departing far from the typical entertainment-focus of the movie industry.

What captivated me most was the vivid parallels of the content topics with reference to working life and whatever's left of own personal time and space outside of work; how one strikes up conversations at business meetings with a nagging, but higher, personal, desire and goal to discuss matters of life and death and spiritual issues (with scope to challenge some Christians for workplace evangelism and ministry), and personal character etc

Truly, a top-notch movie that runs against the grain of contemporary Hollywood !

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