Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 10/14/2008
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2/DD5.1
Run Time: 183 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Criterion
Based on stories by
Raymond Carver,
Short Cuts follows 22 Los Angeles residents whose lives intersect over the course of a few days.
Ann and
Howard Finnegan (
Andie MacDowell and
Bruce Davison) are preparing for their son
Casey's birthday party when the boy is injured in an auto accident and falls into a coma. Meanwhile,
Andy (
Lyle Lovett), a baker, seethes with anger over the birthday cake that wasn't claimed, and
Howard's father,
Paul (
Jack Lemmon), decides that a visit with his ailing grandson is a good time to discuss his infidelities.
Lois (
Jennifer Jason Leigh) is a new mother who watches over her baby when not making money doing phone sex, which bothers her husband,
Jerry (
Chris Penn), though he knows they need the money. Pilot
"Stormy" Weathers (
Peter Gallagher) takes a very literal approach to dividing up community property with his ex-wife (
Frances McDormand).
Doreen (
Lily Tomlin) is trying on to hold her marriage with
Earl (
Tom Waits), who is a good man on the rare occasions that he's sober.
Zoe (
Lori Singer), a classical musician, is trying to find some way to connect with her mother,
Tess (
Annie Ross), a
jazz singer.
Dr. Ralph Wyman (
Matthew Modine) and his wife,
Marian (
Julianne Moore) put their bickering on hold while they have dinner with another couple,
Stuart and
Claire Kane (
Fred Ward and
Anne Archer).
Stuart and his pals
Gordon and
Vern (
Buck Henry and
Huey Lewis) earlier went on a fishing trip where they discovered the body of a drowned woman but decided not to report it until the end of the weekend.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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