Country: US
Technical: col 91m
Director: Steve Buscemi
Cast: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Kevin Corrigan, Mary Kay Place, Seymour Cassel
Synopsis:
After a spell in NYC a depressive young writer returns to his family in Illinois and faces up to a life of emptiness and despair.
Review:
Much less of a downer than the above would imply, thanks to the often mordant humour of its creator, this is every inch an American independent film: low-key, blue collar, family focused and quirky. Typically the hero is a feckless, unsympathetic sort, played by Affleck as a variant on his Robert Ford performance, but the supporting cast are all so engagingly caught and played that he is the still centre of an often appealing whole.
Country: US
Technical: col 91m
Director: Steve Buscemi
Cast: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Kevin Corrigan, Mary Kay Place, Seymour Cassel
Synopsis:
After a spell in NYC a depressive young writer returns to his family in Illinois and faces up to a life of emptiness and despair.
Review:
Much less of a downer than the above would imply, thanks to the often mordant humour of its creator, this is every inch an American independent film: low-key, blue collar, family focused and quirky. Typically the hero is a feckless, unsympathetic sort, played by Affleck as a variant on his Robert Ford performance, but the supporting cast are all so engagingly caught and played that he is the still centre of an often appealing whole.
