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Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 67 Ratings

Summary: In 1981, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the eight years old boy Neil McCormick is sexually abused by his pedophile baseball coach and his deranged and promiscuous mother does not pay attention. Meanwhile, the also eight years Brian Lackey awakes from a brief amnesia of four hours with a bleeding nose, but his negligent father does not pay attention to the event. Brian grows-up believing he had been abducted by aliens. The gay Neil grows-up as a hustler. When Brian is eighteen years old, he looks for and meets Neil, who discloses dark innermost secrets of their past.
Runtime: 105 min
Production: Desperate Pictures
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Countries: USA, Netherlands
Language: English
Home Release Date: Oct 25, 2005
Director Credit
Gregg Araki Director
Writer Credit
Gregg Araki Screenplay
Scott Heim Novel
Principal Cast Credit
Brady Corbet Brian
Elisabeth Shue Mrs. McCormick
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Neil
Cast Credit
Bill Sage Coach
Chase Ellison Neil (Age 8)
Chris Mulkey Mr. Lackey
David Lee Smith Alfred
George Webster Brian (Age 8)
Larry Marko Old Man With Scar
Lisa Long Mrs. Lackey
Michelle Trachtenberg Wendy
Rachael Nastassja Kraft Deborah (Age 12)
Richard Riehle Charlie
Riley McGuire Wendy (Age 11)
Ryan Stenzel Stephen Zepherelli
Producer Credit
Beau J. Genot Associate Producer
Chris Larsen Associate Producer
Gregg Araki Producer
Hans C. Ritter Line Producer
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte Producer
Joshua Zeman Co-Producer
Mary Jane Skalski Producer
Michael J. Werner Executive Producer
Wouter Barendrecht Executive Producer
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