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Fine Line Features
MPAA 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)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Sam Shepard (play)
Matthew Warchus
David Nicholls
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Matthew Warchus
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 22, 2000
Video: August 22, 2000
Theatrical: December 17, 1999
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| RUNNING TIME: |
106 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
83
Portland Oregonian
Diana Abu-Jaber
Possesses the open-ended, continual off-kilterness of Shepard theater.
70
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.
70
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.
70
Variety
Dennis Harvey
An unbeatable cast lends satisfying emotional texture.
70
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
This stylized tale of guilt and retribution is a surprisingly sleek and affecting drama.
63
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.
60
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
Warchus seems as at ease with the complexity of the style as he is with directing actors.
50
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
While it's entertaining, it's not as persuasive as it needs to be to succeed fully.
50
Time
Richard Schickel
Curiously, if fitfully, intriguing.
50
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Star-packed fiasco.
50
Dallas Observer
Jean Oppenheimer
Proves only intermittently engaging as its twisted plot loses energy and becomes confusing in the latter half.
50
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.
50
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.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
A confounding and unsatisfying film.
42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
As has been the case with most of Shepard's plays, transfer to the movies spells doom.
40
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A promise unfulfilled.
38
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
A non-starter.
38
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Feels static and constricted, its intensity dulled by overreliance on dialogue.
38
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A long slog through perplexities and complexities.
32
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.
30
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
A decked-out mediocrity with a high-octane cast.
25
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Stumbling adaptation of a Sam Shepard play about men, horses, chance, and lies.
25
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Atmosphere goes only so far in a story where the major characters fade from memory.
20
Film.com
Gemma Files
Tired, overcomplicated mix of macho bullshit.
10
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
An extravagant waste of resources.
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