Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 09/07/2007(USA
Release Date: 02/05/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2/DD5.1
Run Time: 112 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Lionsgate
Actor-turned-director and producer
Griffin Dunne (
Practical Magic,
Addicted to Love) teams up with scenarist
Dirk Wittenborn for the slice-of-life
ensemble drama Fierce People. As summer encroaches, 16-year-old Manhattanite
Finn Earl (
Anton Yelchin) would love nothing more than to trek off to South America and spend the year's sun-drenched months near the equator, embarking on thrilling adventures with his estranged archaeologist father, whom he's never met. Alas, the bonds of family rein in tight when
Finn's booze- and coke-addled mother, the masseuse
Liz (
Diane Lane), cries out for help -- and, in the process, unwittingly gets
Finn arrested. In a dramatic attempt to reverse circumstances and sort out the complications in both of their lives,
Liz insists on taking custody of
Finn for the summer. Both, she insists, will live in the home of one of her former massage clients, the aging billionaire
Ogden C. Osborne (
Donald Sutherland) -- with whom she may be amorously involved. Though
Finn agrees begrudgingly at first, in time he finds the environment welcoming -- as he develops a crush on
Ogden's gorgeous granddaughter (
Kristen Stewart) and befriends
Ogden's grandson. But when an unforeseen and shocking act of violence erupts, it estranges
Finn and
Liz from their posh surroundings and provides a sobering, harrowing reminder of the socioeconomic differences between the Earls and their new friends.
~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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