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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Gil Cates, Jr.

Directed by: Gil Cates, Jr.

Release Date:
Theatrical: July 21, 2000
DVD: October 31, 2000

Running Time: 91 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not rated

Starring Jason London, Charlie Spradlingm, Phill Lewis, and Erin Beaux

A struggling actor, addicted to gambling and living beyond his means, manipulates his friends into a wild scheme to pitch a screenplay to Jack Nicholson.

What The Critics Said

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70

Film.com Ernest Hardy

Has a warm and intimate feel that helps push it a little deeper than its cable movie-of-the-week blueprint.

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60

Variety David Sprague

Covers familiar territory unevenly, but Gil Cates Jr. directs his freshman feature with a mostly assured hand.

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60

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Well-paced and solidly crafted.

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40

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The main characters are defined by their problems, and the secondary characters (notably Brigette's parents) are so crudely drawn it's hard to imagine what Cates was thinking.

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30

Village Voice Mark Holcomb

So committed to its by-the-numbers banality you wonder why it isn't part of the fall TV lineup.

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30

LA Weekly Paul Malcolm

Lamely engineered and thoroughly exploited tragedy.

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30

The New York Times A.O. Scott

By the end the most vivid figure on the screen is the lovable doggie who goes wherever dangling fingers are waiting to give the happy pooch a scratch.

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25

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

The film is only 91 minutes long, but it seemed to stretch out for days.

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What Our Users Said

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