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  • 2004
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 49 m

Summary Based on the novel by Anne Tyler, A Slippping Down Life is the story of the unusual courtship of an awkward young woman and a charismatic singer/songwriter, and the profound effect that their unlikely relationship has on each other's lives. (Lions Gate Entertainment)

Directed By: Toni Kalem

Written By: Anne Tyler, Toni Kalem

  • 2004
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • Lionsgate Films
  • 1 h 49 m

A Slipping-Down Life

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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Summary Based on the novel by Anne Tyler, A Slippping Down Life is the story of the unusual courtship of an awkward young woman and a charismatic singer/songwriter, and the profound effect that their unlikely relationship has on each other's lives. (Lions Gate Entertainment)

Directed By: Toni Kalem

Written By: Anne Tyler, Toni Kalem

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
44
19% Positive
5 Reviews
58% Mixed
15 Reviews
23% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
44
19% Positive
5 Reviews
58% Mixed
15 Reviews
23% Negative
6 Reviews

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A Slipping-Down Life may be low-key, but if you enter its unique atmosphere, you will leave exhilarated.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
63
While the movie is content to be merely atmospheric, the performances convince you that here are two misfits who might be a perfect fit.
By Carrie Rickey FULL REVIEW
50
Has an oddness and whimsicality about it that can, at first, be confused for authenticity.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
40
Writer-director Toni Kallem generates some touching moments (most of them involving Tom Bower as Taylor's wisp of a father), but this never surmounts the woeful miscasting of its two leads.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
40
While the camera unsuccessfully courts Southern gothic humor, caressing a hodgepodge of retro-fetish knickknacks, the actors' knowing glances seem to look beyond the confines not only of the town, but of the film itself.
By Laura Sinagra FULL REVIEW
38
Kalem's grasp of dramatic storytelling is no firmer, and the disorderly film merely chases its tail for the second half, going nowhere fast.
By Megan Lehmann FULL REVIEW
25
Released in theaters five years after its 1999 Sundance Film Festival premiere, Kalem's film is too precious, too self-conscious and far too enamored with itself to ever have any kind of genuine emotional truth.
By Robert K. Elder FULL REVIEW

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Production Company PFG Entertainment, DVC Entertainment, Raddon Productions
Release Date May 14, 2004
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating R
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Tagline You think you're invisible. But I see you.
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Awards

Indianapolis International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Newport Beach Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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