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Anytime Hollywood wants to include anti-establishment rhetoric and plant the seed that working for big, international corporations is the path to a soulless existence, it's fine by me. And a step in the right direction. Thus, when writer/director H. Todd van Mende's tale, Easier Said, opened with a disgruntled, twenty-something, publishing house executive name Jack (Bo Clancey) quitting his job in protest of his increasing workload and growing dissatisfaction with his personal life, I was intrigued. However, as Jack moved to Montana and the big sky county to write the Great American Novel (which is easier said than done), what had become interesting became pat. I'd seen the humorous exploits of the big city boy in the country many times before, and in more enjoyable settings with much better screenwriting; Michael Caton-Jones' Doc Hollywood pops instantly to mind. Inspirational throughout with a prominent ‘reconcile with your family and friends' message, Easier Said had the feel of a made for PAX-TV movie… and the absolutely unheard of cast listing to go with it. In the end, the banal nature of Easier Said made it all the harder to swallow the demise of this once promising movie.
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