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Lonesome Jim |
From Kurt Loder, MTV: "It would be a disservice to a movie that's only 91 minutes long, and as surprisingly delightful as this one, to reveal its plot. There's a car crash, a funny coma, some very bad girls' basketball-playing, and a cherry-cobbler day at the local prison.
And first-time screenwriter James C. Strouse (writer-director of GRACE IS GONE) has created characters who vibrate with giddy little tics and crotchets, among them Jim's scumbag Uncle Stacey (Mark Boone Junior), who's a whale-bellied pot dealer, and Anika's cute, little son Ben (Jack Rovello), a wiseguy beyond his years.
Casey Affleck plays the boldly unlikable Jim as a man with a spiritual concussion, and he's completely likable doing it. When Jim's baffled mom asks him what she's done to make her kids so unhappy, and he mutters, 'Some people just shouldn't be parents,' you want to smack him."
Sundance world premiere that would go on to play over a dozen US and international festivals. |
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| Release Date: | March 24, 2006 |
| Genres: | Drama, Comedy, Independent, Sundance Film Festival |
| Directed By: | Steve Buscemi |
| Produced By: | Jake Abraham, Caroline Kaplan, Jonathan Sehring, Reagan Silber, John Sloss, Anna Waterhouse |
| Starring: | Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place |
| Written By: | James C. Strouse |
| Distributed By: | IFC Films |
| Running Time: | 92 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
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