Family Movie Night: “Who is Simon Miller?” (Saturday, August 6th) Review

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Like most families, the Millers have their challenges. Simon’s (Loren Dean) frequent business trips have created some distance between him and the rest of the family, leaving Meredith (Robyn Lively) stretched and struggling to keep things together. Daughter Sarah, an 18-year-old honor student, has recently gotten herself into trouble at school while son Kevin, 15, struggles to engage with anything outside of a video game…

But these issues all prove to be trivial when Simon goes missing. Sensing something is not right, the family frantically searches Simon’s office for information. Discovery of a stash of passports, all with Simon’s picture but each with a different alias, reveals that their father has been keeping more than a few secrets. In a frantic phone call, Simon urges the family not to tell anyone of his disappearance, not even the authorities, right before the line goes dead. Who is Simon Miller? And what exactly has he gotten himself – and now his family – into?

Shocked, scared and unsure if they can even trust the dad they thought they knew, the three embark on their own international mission to get him back. With Meredith’s sharp instincts, Sarah’s foreign language skills and Kevin’s natural techgenius, they try to unravel the mystery behind his disappearance. It’s a heartpounding family thriller that tests the limits to which families will fight for each other.

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MY THOUGHTS:

I love movie where there is action and you have to figure of who the bad guy is.  “Who is Simon Miller?” is a mystery-genre movie but is still a family movie.  There is no killing (some violence, but not murder), involves a family, and the two kids are big characters in the movie.

The movie is about a typical family (mom, dad, daughter and son) but the dad who is supposed to be a geologist is actually a spy.  He ends up going out of town a lot on “geologist issues” but is actually traveling to other countries to help others in his missions.    He is a good guy but on a mission he gets kidnapped and from their the mystery begins.  When he doesn’t arrive home as planned his family gets worried and take matters into their own hands searching for him.  They actually jump on a plan and fly to Prague and Paris – not sure if that would happen in real life so fast but that’s what they do.  For me I think they are a little too understanding of his career that he’d lied to them (I’d be furious and devastated) but they work together as a family.  I like how the brother and sister, who normally dislike each other, end up being a great team and show off each of their strengths.  I think this movie is a great family movie because it encompasses the suspense/mystery of a regular mystery movie (like Bourne Identity or any Harrison Ford movie) but it doesn’t involve all the bad violence or real tragedy.  I ended up watching this movie alone since my boys are too young, but I really liked it and love that this new Family Movie Night movie has some action in it!

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WATCH IT: Check out “Who is Simon Miller” on Saturday August 6th at 8/7c on NBC.

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