Countdown to TixMas #6: The Big White (Ticket Stubs #48)

Article by Sean Wilkinson,

a.k.a. The TixMaster

'Tis the sixth post to TixMas, in Black & White text.

Poems and throwbacks; what will I do next?

To find out, like and comment; you all know where.

I'll still Countdown to TixMas; I don't really care.

Twelve days of Christmas, or is it thirteen?

Six geese a'laying, if you know what I mean.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

It's time for a Ticket Stubs review of The Big White.

I'm disappointed that I didn't think of doing this opening poem thing sooner. It's kind of fun to drink too much coffee and get all "man from Nantucket" at nine o'clock in the evening. After posting a review of a movie where almost nothing happens besides brooding dialogue and animal cruelty, we need a bit of fun. I know that 'tis the season to be disordered and affected in many SAD ways, but 'tis also the season to be jolly. And nothing says good, mindless holiday fun like a winter-set comedic thriller.

There is no Greatest Hits version of this review because I didn't have much to say outside of "this movie is like this other movie, so if you liked that, watch this," and the notable actors. Winter Passing was the focus of SW@ Ticket #54: Black & White, FROM July 16, 2008, with The Big White being the lighter, more eventful alternative (the White to Winter Passing's Black) in an issue where depression and comedy mix with snow for some (more or less) interesting cinema.

Robin Williams and Woody Harrelson head the star-studded cast of The Big White, a criminal comedy of errors. Williams finds a dead body in a dumpster and hatches a plot to commit insurance fraud and collect millions of dollars on his dead brother's life policy. As usually happens in these movies, the crooks come out of the woodwork and threaten to kill him if he doesn't cut them in on the deal. Among these are the insurance agent, the mobsters who killed Dumpster Guy, and Williams' brother (played by Harrelson). The usual plot twists ensue, but taking your tenth shot on a rollercoaster doesn't make the ride any less enjoyable. If you liked The Ice Harvest, then The Big White is the movie for you.

B-

If the Quote Fits: "As Witchita falls, so falls Witchita Falls" -John Cusak in The Ice Harvest

Stay Tuned, wait smart, and save those Ticket Stubs as I spend the AniMonday before Christmas sharing Part 4 of What If GOKU Was NEVER BORN? in a Countdown to TixMas crossover with Dragon Blog Z!

And, since ending a sentence with a preposition is an impertinance up with which Winston Churchill would not have put:

Out,

TixMaster.

Out,

Dancer.

Out,

Prancer

& Vixen,

Out,

Comet,

Out,

Cupid,

Out,

Donner,

Out,

Blitzen!