by Nick Schager July 4, 2012 The Magic of Belle Isle: This is coming off neither’s bucket list.Courtesy Magnolia Pictures ...

Morgan Freeman and Virginia Madsen star in the drama about a once successful novelist who has lost his inspiration. By Frank Scheck Magic of Belle Isle Morgan Freeman Virginia Madsen - H 2012 ...

The Magic of Belle Isle, which Reiner directed from a screenplay he co-wrote with Guy Thomas and Andrew Scheinman, is as sticky-sweet and textureless as a bowl of pudding, though an amused central ...

Rob Reiner's charming romantic comedy, The Magic of Belle Isle, is a throwback to the charming romantic films George Stevens made in the 1940s. A curmudgeonly (yet handsome, charming and ...

With graceless melodramatist Rob Reiner at the helm, it's predictably ironic that The Magic of Belle Isle champions the unparalleled power of imagination while displaying absolutely none of its own.

His latest film THE MAGIC OF BELLE ISLE is the story of a man who’s given up on life and a woman and her three daughters who renew his will to live when he becomes their next door neighbor ...

Thomas was best known for his screenplay of “ The Magic of Belle Isle,” directed by Rob Reiner and starring Morgan Freeman as a struggling alcoholic writer and Virginia Madsen as his neighbor ...