Ryan Grantham Considering Love and Other Magic Ryan Grantham is a talented actor known for his performances in various movies and TV shows. However, what sets him apart is his ability to play roles that delve into the realm of love and magic. In many of his works, Grantham has explored the complexity of human emotions and the inexplicable nature of supernatural elements. Love is a central theme in Grantham's films and TV shows. He portrays characters who experience love in its various forms - from passionate, all-consuming love to the tender and nurturing love between family members. Grantham's performances often highlight the beauty and chaos of love, while also delving into its darker and more complicated aspects such as heartbreak and betrayal.
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It’s here! The new film, Considering Love & Other Magic, is one you do not want to miss. Directed and written by Canadian David Schultz, the movie will be featured in certain select theatres in Canada with special limited one-day or one-week screenings.
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Starring: Maddie Phillips, Ryan Grantham, Rory J. Saper, Sheila McCarthy, Eric McCormack
About the Film:
Death cast its shadow twice on Jessie (Maddie Phillips). When she was six, she narrowly survived a fall from a third story balcony at a friend’s birthday. In her teens, she suffers survivor’s guilt after the suicide of her younger brother. She’s haunted by visions and flashbacks. Her psychiatrist’s white chair appears blood-red to her. She moves listlessly through school, and is unreceptive to the attention of a boy (Rory J. Saper) she’s crushed on for years. Then, her traumatized world receives a shake when she reluctantly agrees to a request by a famous author, Veronica Guest (Sheila McCarthy), to tutor a boy in her care in math. The textbooks are from the 1940s and the boy, Tommy, (Ryan Grantham) claims to be from the 1950s, a figment of Veronica’s imagination come to life and living a permanent boyhood.
Away from school and the b ungalo w world of her neighbourhood (actually the film’s Winnipeg location site), Jessie finds a kind of solace in her afternoons with Tommy. Tommy, in turn, shares his feelings about her with his only other friend, Jasper (Eric McCormack), a debonair detective and man of international intrigue who is also a literary creation of Veronica’s.
Secrets lie behind the existence of Tommy and Jasper, and Jessie is keen to discover them, even as Tommy becomes a surrogate brother for the bereft, but healing, teen.
This is the unusual setting of Considering Love & Other Magic, a sarcastic yet touching, family movie created by Calgary filmmaker, David Schultz, known for his earlier coming-of-age features, Jet Boy, Rufus and 45 R.P.M.
Keep a look out for the limited release in a theatre near you! Grab your family and friends, and catch the opening in Toronto at the Carlton Cinema, November 17th! (One week only).
Here are the dates and other cities playing Considering Love & Other Magic:
Winnipeg – Landmark Towne – November 24 – (runs for one week only)
Cineplex Cinemas – November 26 (one day only matinee screenings):
Winston Churchill (Oakville)
South Keys (Ottawa)
Eau Claire (Calgary)
The Park (Vancouver)
McGillivray (Winnipeg)
Galaxy (Peterborough)
SilverCity (Sudbury)
SilverCity (Windsor)
Park Lane (Halifax)
Cavendish (Quebec)
Review: Considering Love & Other Magic is probably too mischievous for its own good
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Ryan Grantham and Eric McCormack in Considering Love and Other Magic.
ShareWith Considering Love & Other Magic, the Calgary writer-director Dave Schultz considers grief, fantasy and friendship – but did he consider tone?
Intended for teen audiences, a wobbly but charismatic story about getting over life's losses is incompatibly melodramatic and whimsical, carried by a score that is impish one moment and serious the next. This is Donnie Darko caught in a playful game of Clue.
Mind you, it's an imaginative and handsome-looking film, starring Maddie Phillips as a troubled young protagonist (Jesse) who can't get over the suicide of her younger brother. While her mother still dotes on the boy (washing his clothes and fixing his favourite supper), her father struggles to push his family past the awful event. A psychiatrist isn't really helping Jesse, but she's distracted from her anxiety when she begins tutoring a curious (possibly fictitious) boy frozen in the Eisenhower era.
Although the acting is solid all around, the elusive film is probably too mischievous for its own good.
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Considering Love & Other Magic
I didn’t believe anything in Considering Love & Other Magic. These characters are so disengaged, you could set them on fire and all they would do is shrug. They’re all too busy pondering about death; mostly the long-term existentialism that lingers when a loved one passes away. The press release describes Dave Schultz’s film as a “family movie”. Try explaining that pitch to your kids. You’ll owe them ice cream after the show.
We all grieve in different ways, and the journey to come to terms with a tragedy is a very personal and affirming experience. Although that’s a good lesson, packaging it to a younger crowd would be a very tough task. With the correct cautious approach, I suppose Considering Love & Other Magic could’ve worked on a wholesome level. The result might’ve been preachy, but it would’ve had substance and it would’ve opened doors to some interesting discussions afterwards. Unfortunately, such as most Canadian indie comedies seem to do nowadays, writer/director Schultz uses a whimsical sense of humour in his filmmaking that undercuts the tone and devalues it into a cloying charade. Instead of developing off of a character’s turmoil, he just wants to manipulate the audience into feeling sad by using trigger words so that it’s easier to make everyone feel happy when he cues lighthearted instrumentals and old thyme quirks.
Did I mention the film is also a fantasy? As high schooler Jessie (Maddie Phillips) mourns over the suicide of her younger brother and tries to comprehend the strange feelings of obsession and jealousy, she volunteers as a tutor for local boy Tommy (Ryan Grantham) who has an eccentric “mother” Veronica (Sheila McCarthy) and a boastful “uncle” (Jasper, played by Will & Grace’s Eric McCormack). As the teens spend more time with each other, Jessie finds out that there’s a reason why Tommy doesn’t leave the house, and why his existence stems from Veronica’s writing. Actually, it’s a connection both Tommy and Jasper have in common.
Another detail listed in the press notes is Dave Schultz’s testimonial about the film he set out to make. “I’m happy with what I ended up with, something that I think is odd and quirky and interesting and that appeals to a lot of people. But I’d be lying if I said that was exactly what I set out to make.” Personally, that quote makes me uneasy. Schultz carries on about knowing the film would be about friendship. In that case, he needed to narrow that vast theme down to specific things about friendship.
Making a movie has its ebbs and flows and the production always leaves enough room to roll with the punches, but the process relies on a solid idea to serve as framework. If it’s always shifting, the film fails to find a purpose or common ground with its audience, and it can never take any of its themes seriously. Such is the case for Considering Love & Other Magic, yet another example of a film juggling more than it can handle; resulting in an off-putting mishmash of schmaltz, fairy tales, and tragedy.
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Grantham's performances often highlight the beauty and chaos of love, while also delving into its darker and more complicated aspects such as heartbreak and betrayal. In addition to love, Grantham's work often incorporates elements of magic. Whether it's playing a wizard in a fantasy film or a character with supernatural abilities, Grantham has a knack for bringing enchantment to the screen.
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Reviews for "The Alchemy of Love and Magic in Ryan Grantham's Filmography"
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3. Lisa - 2 stars - "Ryan Grantham: Considering Love and Other Magic" was a major letdown for me. The writing style was overly simplistic and lacked any finesse. The author failed to create a compelling narrative and instead focused too much on superficial teenage angst. The magic elements in the story felt forced and poorly integrated into the overall plot. I was hoping for a captivating contemporary fantasy, but all I got was a stale and dull romance with no substance.