As anyone who knows me can tell you, I am a teetotaler. I have no problem admitting that at 26 years old I have never once consumed alcohol (except in the form of Ny-Quill or other medicines.) I strongly support anti-drinking campaigns and I feel that if prohibition had been handled better we could've defeated Satan's syrup much earlier.

Anyway, tonight's film is about a young teetotaling family man named Joe Morgan. Joe is a teetotaler and grew up in a family where his father was a drunk. Sadly he too falls prey to the lure of intoxication and the movie shows his decline from a casual drinker to a full blown alcoholic.

Much as I support the cause of this film, its execution is something to be lacking. While the melodramatic style of acting may have worked well on the stage in the early part of the 20th century, it seems stiff and unnatural to

The one redeeming part of this film is that it made me think of the Mickey Mouse cartoon, Nifty Nineties. Any movie that makes me think of that cartoon is worth watching. Your mileage will vary, though.

This film was part of a collection I partially reviewed a while back.

Labels: 31 days of film, Drama