Desertman84 With Honors tells a tale about a homeless man who meets a group of Harvard students and this leads to an awkward relationship wherein he becomes their new professor about the real world and life in general. The homeless man is portrayed by Joe Pesci while Brendan Fraser,Moira Kelly,Patrick Dempsey and Josh Hamilton were cast as the students. This film feature was directed by Alek Keshishian,who happens to have a degree from Harvard.This could have been a great film considering that it has a talented cast like Pesci who happens to be an Academy Award winner,it was just too bad that it has a somewhat a simplistic screenplay. It was contrived and clichéd as the viewer could have seen how the relationship with the homeless man and the students would turn out,how the conflicts will be resolved and the conclusion that came to happens to be no surprise at all.Added to that,the cast wasn't able to elevate it due to average performances despite having being talented and the direction was far from being wonderful.

Jim Marchese With Honors is a comedy which turned into much more by addressing the topic of human motivation. William Mastrosimone should have written a novel instead of just a screenplay and it would have been a bestseller. With Honors is one of the great screenplays ever written in that it transcends time. I expect it will eventually be a Turner Classic.What I like most about the movie is how it teaches one to put oneself into someone else's shoes. There are so many out there who are completely insensitive to what others are up against. Be it inexperience, hard heartedness, or political correctness, the fact remains our world is full of those who completely lack the ability to put themselves into someone else's shoes.Brendan Fraser does a superb job as Montgomery Kessler, a government student who genuinely cares for people. He has excellent on screen chemistry with Moira Kelly, who plays the part of student Courtney Blumenthal. It's excellent chemistry in that Courtney Blumenthal brings out the best in Montgomery Kessler. She understands the term "love" better than Kessler and hence Joe Pesci's plug for her towards the end.Patrick Dempsey does an excellent job as Everett Calloway, the school's radio talk show host while Josh Hamilton plays an antagonistic role as Jeffrey Hawks, the spoiled insensitive preppie who is by far the least spiritually developed of the group.Gore Vidal is excellent as Professor Pitkannen and is part of a priceless sequence in the movie. It's fun to examine the countenances of those sitting behind Fraser and Pesci during the scene.With Honors teaches us to not pre-judge others as time and experience on this earth may equal great wisdom. More importantly it teaches us there are more important things in life than status and achievement; namely, love and compassion for others.

pheaho It's a good movie to sit down with on a night with friends. I'm not going to summarise the movie 'cos plenty of reviewers have already done that and quite well. You can guess the ending once Simon's taken to the doctor's, but the road to the end is endearing with teeny surprises along the way.This has to be one of my best college dramas out there - far more PG than St. Elmo's Fire but as engaging. I'll watch it again and will recommend it to anyone who likes American college dramas.I've got nothing else to say but I have to pad to reach 10 lines so that i submit this. I'm now watching Eulogy - maybe I'll have 10 lines to write about that when I'm done. Oh well!

Ramesh The movie reminds me of the good old college days. The up and down times the kids face which actually develops them/prepares them for the future.Well Monty plays an impressive role in bringing out a university student from Harvard that takes in a bum. Both of them exchange ideas and feed off each others energy. Monty learns wisdom and life from the bums perspective and the pesci learns that life is not supposed to quit upon no matter what the situation is.I work in a shipyard, i understand the problems that people encounter when they are exposed to asbestos. Seems like things that you cant see really can hurt you. To make things worst you don't see it with immediate - its a slow killer.The caste is straight out simple, no complicated relationship and issues to tackle. Kind off reminds me of dps, maybe because of the setting. At first glance of pesci in the bums set up, i thought it was robin Williams. Overall an entertaining movie, would recommend to all to have a laid back movie with some hints/tips of life :)... from a fresh perspective.