I watched this movie with my son this past weekend. It was free On Demand so I put it on. Sean knows that I’ll put a movie on and he doesn’t HAVE to watch it but often times he’ll humor me and watch it with me. I explained why I put the movie on so he watched it with me.
I saw this movie at the $1 theater (Ford-Tel in Dearborn that is no longer a movie theater) in 1996. So I was 14 and in 8th grade. My Dad took me to see it. Just us two. He had read about it in the paper so he thought it was a good “father-daughter” movie to see. It was!
Toward the end of the movie my son looks at me and asks, “Why are you crying?” I replied, “I saw this movie with my Daddy.” 17 years later and 7 years after he has died I still remember sitting next to my Dad in that movie theater.
“10,000 miles” by Mary Chapin Carpenter is in the beginning and end of this movie.
It kinda makes me cry…
***Updated December 27, 2019: