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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
Sam Shepard (play)
Matthew Warchus
David Nicholls
Directed by: Matthew Warchus
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 17, 1999
DVD: August 22, 2000
Running Time: 106 minutes, Color
Origin: France
Summary
RATING: R for some strong sexuality, and for language
Starring Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Catherine Keener, and Albert Finney
At first glance, Lyle Carter (Bridges) seems to have it all. Then he receives a collect call from Vinnie (Nolte), and a dark event from the past threatens to destroy his current success. (Fine Line Features)
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What The Critics Said
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Portland Oregonian Diana Abu-Jaber
Possesses the open-ended, continual off-kilterness of Shepard theater.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
Demands full attention, if only for the pleasure of watching great actors mine Shepard's harsh, beautiful language for all it's worth.
Read Full Review >TNT RoughCut Spencer H. Abbott
Many may find the ultimate drive behind the main characters (especially Nolte's) to be a misguided, feeble and disappointing payoff at best.
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
This stylized tale of guilt and retribution is a surprisingly sleek and affecting drama.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
A somewhat bewildering and unsatisfying film that nevertheless contains more inspired moments and brilliant scenes than many movies we call successes.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Charles Taylor
Warchus seems as at ease with the complexity of the style as he is with directing actors.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
While it's entertaining, it's not as persuasive as it needs to be to succeed fully.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer
Proves only intermittently engaging as its twisted plot loses energy and becomes confusing in the latter half.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
Far from being a typical Hollywood desecration of a difficult play, it stays true to the work's quirky, renegade spirit.
Read Full Review >USA Today Staff [Not Credited]
It's an awkward jumble whose only value is as a forum for movie junkies to track the progress of half-a-dozen screen careers at once.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
As has been the case with most of Shepard's plays, transfer to the movies spells doom.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
A promise unfulfilled.
Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
Feels static and constricted, its intensity dulled by overreliance on dialogue.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Richard T. Jameson
The switch of medium hasn't reinvigorated the soil or resulted in a film with any compelling reason for being.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Stumbling adaptation of a Sam Shepard play about men, horses, chance, and lies.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Atmosphere goes only so far in a story where the major characters fade from memory.
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