The Joy of Positivity: Funny Farm (1988)
George Roy Hill's final film is a real anomaly: an excellent, intelligent and deftly executed Chevy Chase vehicle
Movies have a regrettable if understandable tendency to romanticize rural life. Romantic comedies in particular tend to depict life in the country as a wholesome, All-American paradise harried city-dwellers can escape to if they are very lucky, very wealthy or work very hard to realize their American dream.
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