{"id":14521,"date":"2023-05-15T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/lowveld\/?p=14521"},"modified":"2023-05-15T17:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T15:35:44","slug":"a-feel-goof-film-you-cant-miss-out-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/lowveld\/blog\/2023\/05\/15\/a-feel-goof-film-you-cant-miss-out-on\/","title":{"rendered":"A feel-good film you can\u2019t miss out on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood\u2019s quintessential \u201cMr Nice Guy\u201d, Tom Hanks, plays a grumpy widower who finds a new lease on life in the heartwarming comedy-drama <em>A Man Called Otto.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sony Pictures Home Entertainment brings audiences this feel-good adaptation of the number one New York Times bestselling novel A Man Called Ove by Swedish author Fredrik Backman, and the 2015 smash-hit Swedish movie by the same name.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>A Man Called Otto<\/em>, double Oscar winner Hanks (<em>Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Cast Away<\/em>) plays Otto Anderson, a man who has lost his will to live following the death of his wife.<\/p>\n<p>He is ready to end it all until his plans are interrupted by a lively young family that moves in next door. This cranky grinch meets his match in the quick-witted Marisol (<em>Mariana Trevi\u00f1o \u2013 Club de Cuervos<\/em>), who challenges him to see life differently \u2013 leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world around.<\/p>\n<p>A heartwarming and funny story about love, loss and rediscovering life, <em>A Man Called Otto<\/em>, shows that family can sometimes be found in the most unexpected places. 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