Memorial Day in the US  is upon us, and last night I watched an old movie. From 2009, the film Taking Chance with Kevin Bacon was the perfect movie for this weekend

I buddy-watched the movie with my BFF in Cali, both of us bawling over the phone. The movie isn’t overly dramatic. It doesn’t feel like those feel good movie manipulative heart string plucking.

This was accomplished through good old fashioned story telling. In fact, I told my BFF that this movie, Taking Chance, does what a really good literary novel does. It tells the story almost flatly, but there’s so much going on underneath. Kevin Bacon does so much heavy lifting in this movie– it’s breathtaking and heart wrenching. And has held up since 2009.

Taking Chance shows what a great storyteller can do– whether writing the script or acting it out

10/10 Will watch again. May become a yearly Memorial Day activity.