Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 03/24/2006(USA
Release Date: 08/29/2006
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Genius Entertainment
A less than auspicious homecoming for an introspective artist sets the stage for this low-key
comedy drama directed by
Steve Buscemi.
Jim (
Casey Affleck) is a chronically glum aspiring novelist who, after a failed two-year sojourn in New York City, has returned home to his parents' home in Goshen, IN.
Jim's folks,
Don (
Seymour Cassel) and
Sally (
Mary Kay Place), run a ladder factory, a family business
Jim wants nothing to do with. His older brother,
Tim (
Kevin Corrigan), is also living at home, and has problems of his own after his marriage ended in divorce and his business went broke. When
Tim makes the latest of a number of suicide attempts by driving into a tree,
Jim is reintroduced to
Anika (
Liv Tyler), a nurse who had a one-night fling with
Jim a while ago.
Jim and
Anika strike up a conversation and start seeing one another again, though she seems to have feelings for
Tim as well. With
Tim in the hospital,
Jim is persuaded against his better judgment to take on some of his brother's responsibilities, including doing some work at the ladder factory. At work, he bonds with his uncle
Stacy (
Mark Boone Jr.), who prefers to use the nickname "Evil" and deals drugs on the job.
Jim's attempts to help
Uncle Stacy with his side business backfire and implicate his parents, with
Sally ending up in jail. But between his budding relationship with
Anika and coaching a kids' basketball team that includes
Tim's daughters,
Jim begins to cautiously consider the notion that life might be worth all the trouble.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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