Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 08/25/2000(USA
Release Date: 08/21/2001
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: 2
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs), Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Lions Gate
Two brothers look for love under unusual circumstances in this independent comedy. Chris Remi (
Derek Martini) and his brother Tony (
Steven Martini) have an unusual family background: their parents, an Italian-American man and a Native-American woman, met on a tour of a Hollywood studio, and their Grandmother bestowed on them semi-traditional American Indian names, "Goat on Fire" and "Smiling Fish." These days, high-strung Chris and good-natured Tony share the house they grew up in following their parents' death in a traffic accident. Chris is having problems with his girlfriend Alison (
Amy Hathaway), who bursts into tears whenever they have sex; meanwhile, Tony's girlfriend Nicole (
Heather Jae Marie) is ready to give Tony his walking papers if he can't straighten himself out, though he's already got his eye on Kathy (
Christa Miller), who delivers the mail in his neighborhood. Chris, who works for an accounting firm, is asked one day by his boss to pick up his Uncle Clive (
Bill Henderson) from the airport. Clive used to work as a soundman for a independent African-American film company in the 1940s; he loves to reminisce about the old days and compares love to capturing "the perfect magnetic wave." Clive proves to be a romantic catalyst when Chris meets Anna (
Rosemarie Addeo), an Italian immigrant who trains animals, and a fast friendship looks like it could grow into something more. The feature-film debut for
Martin Scorsese protege
Kevin Jordan,
Goat on Fire and Smiling Fish) won the Film Discovery at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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