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- 2002
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 2 h 21 m
- 2002
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 2 h 21 m
Summary The story of two women attempting to reconcile with their families and the changing landscape of their small Florida town due to country club resort developers.
Directed By: John Sayles
Written By: John Sayles
- 2002
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 2 h 21 m
- 2002
- PG-13
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 2 h 21 m
Sunshine State
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Summary The story of two women attempting to reconcile with their families and the changing landscape of their small Florida town due to country club resort developers.
Directed By: John Sayles
Written By: John Sayles
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
31% Mixed
10 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
69
69% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
31% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Creates a cinematic mosaic of American lives unprecedented in its range, balance, subtlety and even-handedness.
Sayles' film moves among a large population of characters with grace, humor and a forgiving irony.
Rings true for the most part, and explores human nature - leashed and unleashed - in ways that resonate.
Like "Lone Star," this group portrait mourns a rapidly vanishing American landscape while acknowledging that the past, free of corporate homogeneity though it may have been, is never the unspoiled paradise it appears in retrospect.
Though his latest, Sunshine State, shows Sayles usual literary care, it's a very slight work compared with such cinematic tomes as "Lone Star," "Matewan" and "Eight Men Out."
Despite his fascinating subject and an impressive cast -- Sayles lets his story drift in too many directions, as if he'd lost his Florida road map somewhere along the way during his travels.
Sodden and glum, even in those moments where it's supposed to feel funny and light. It makes you feel trapped and flailing as the minutes tick by. If it encapsulates anything, it's the experience of drowning, not waving.
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Production Company
Anarchist's Convention Films,
Green/Renzi
Release Date Jun 21, 2002
Duration 2 h 21 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Greetings from... Sunshine State. Take a vacation with John Sayles.
Awards
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
