Blue Sky Limousine

Yesterday the movie “More of Me” was released, and today I watched it. Molly Shannon is a dyna-Mom who is granted the wish of having more versions of herself to help accomplish her hectic schedule. The difference between “More of Me” and “Multiplicity” is that in “Multiplicity,” Michael Keaton got to enjoy the fruits of his clones’ labor. In “More of Me,” as soon as Shannon’s doubles show up, she becomes essentially a ghost. Can’t see her, can’t hear her. And she can’t interact with her husband or kids, which provides the motivation to bring things back to normal in the end.

The reason I bring this up is how environmentally concerned the film is (or seems to be). A major portion of the plot revolves around not cutting down a tree, and it’s revealed that Shannon’s character has raised her family with a “Green Contract” that prevents unnecessary car trips and purchases like bottled water. The daughter even brought up how car exhaust hurts polar bears.

I didn’t know the movie was pretty much brand new, but now that I do it makes a lot of sense. I thought if the movie was older, it must have been way ahead of its time. I guess we can expect more environmental rhetoric slipped into our entertainment from now on. Seems ok. It might even encourage some of us to take positive action.