He puts a pistol to his head, but just as he is about to fire, he spots his mother (Ellen Burstyn), who died nine years earlier. In the first of a long list of miracles, he survives with only minor cuts and bruises. Angry and despondent, he buys a six-pack and drives off into the rainy night, resulting in the inevitable car crash. Michael Imperioli stars as the alcoholic and depressed Chick Benetto, who learns after the fact that he wasn’t invited to his daughter’s wedding for fear that he would create yet another scene.
In this case, the structure of the story turns out to be more impressive and compelling than the story itself. For all of Albom’s faults (or blessings, depending on your perspective) as a purveyor of simplistic morality, the man knows how to tell a story. If you think you’ll be bored watching it, that’s another story. If this seems a little hokey and contrived for the sake of pushing an uplifting message and reaching a happy ending, there you have it. And, more importantly, we are capable, with their ghostly guidance, of redeeming ourselves almost instantly, just as Ebenezer Scrooge did in “A Christmas Carol.” In “Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom’s For One More Day,” Albom, who adapted the script from his novel, assures us that no matter how drunk, irresponsible and inappropriate we get, our mothers still love us. LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mitch Albom, as confident as ever in the existence of ghosts and afterlife, has a new holiday sermon.
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