Luminous Motion (1998)

A mom and her 10 year son motor around the country as she makes ends meet by turning tricks until her car breaks down. She then temporarily takes up with a hardware store owner until she ... See full summary »

Director:

Bette Gordon

Writers:

Scott Bradfield (novel), Scott Bradfield (screenplay),

Stars:

Deborah Kara Unger, Terry Kinney, Eric Lloyd

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Deborah Kara Unger	...	Mom
Terry Kinney	...	Pedro
Eric Lloyd	...	Phillip
Jamey Sheridan	...	Dad
Patrick Fitzgerald	...	Man #1
Conn Horgan	...	Man #2 (as Con Horgan)
Martin Alvin	...	Man #3
P.J. Brown	...	Man #4
Bruce MacVittie	...	Norman
Jed Holdren	...	Stranger
James Berland	...	Rodney
June Stein	...	Ethel
Paz de la Huerta	...	Beatrice

Storyline

A mom and her 10 year son motor around the country as she makes ends meet by turning tricks until her car breaks down. She then temporarily takes up with a hardware store owner until she gets her own place. Then the kid's father shows up to try to take the two over.

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Plot Keywords:

car | child's point of view | subjective camera | oedipal complex | pill | 

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Taglines:

an amoral tale

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Artistic License Films

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 June 2001 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Emozioni pericolose

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$9,277 (USA) (19 May 2000)

Gross:

$51,380 (USA) (15 September 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fiona Films, Good Machine

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

"Motion" Sickness

LUMINOUS MOTION (2000) 1/2 * Deborah Kara Unger, Eric Lloyd, Jamey Sheridan, Terry Kinney.

Incredibly lethargic and horribly directed/acted/written

adaptation of a novel by Scott Bradfield about boozy, irresponsible Unger as a mother of maddeningly pretentious 10 year old Lloyd

and their aimless road trip to nowhereseville that lacks any

cohesion. Avoid this at all costs.