Oldie but a Goodie

Over the weekend my mom and dad came to town. Since my dad hadn't seen this, we pulled out an oldie but a goodie for movie night.

Secondhand Lions.

There's just something about this movie that is beautiful in all its silliness. Walter is a boy who wants to become a man, but he's stuck with a no-good, deadbeat mother who pawns him off with two great uncles while she goes off searching once again for "Mr. Right".

But the mom also sets him on a mission to discover where the uncles have hidden a rumored stash of cash.

Yes, I meant to do that.

At first Walter is afraid of his uncles, fearful that they're going to roll over and croak anyday in their ramshackle old country farmhouse. Then the way they use those guns give him a bit of a scare too. The uncles aren't too keen on having relatives bother their peaceful "retirement". However, over the summer months the three grow on each other and bond with incredible stories of overseas adventures, mysterious sheiks, the threat of death, and promise of love.

But are the stories true or just vivid imaginings conjured up by two crotchety old men to hide where they really got all that money accumulated during their forty years away from home?

You'll never find out until the very, absolute, sure-enough ending of the movie.

Oh, and where the movie gets its name is pretty funny too.