I'll Take You There (1999)

Director:

Adrienne Shelly

Writer:

Adrienne Shelly (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A woman forces a man to move forward with his life after his wife dumps him. |

Plot Keywords:

Apostrophe In Title | Punctuation In Title | Contraction In Title | Independent Film

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Ally Sheedy	...	Bernice
Reg Rogers	...	Bill
Pamela Gray	...	Girlfriend in car
Lara Harris	...	Rose
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Ray
Alice Drummond	...	Stella
Alan North	...	Max
Adrienne Shelly	...	Lucy
Ben Vereen	...	Mr. Gwin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Enerson	...	Tom
Stephen Gevedon	...	Chris
Andrew Hollander	...	Bartender
Motoki Kobayashi
Lawrence Nathanson	...	Eddie
Justin Pierce

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Hollywood Partners

Trivia:

Alan North's last film.

Goofs:

Continuity: Bernice's cigarette keeps changing length while she is talking to Ray at the Kitchen table.

It will take you into the uncharted territory of original film-making

Bill (Reg Rogers), a real estate salesman in New York City, is unexpectedly jilted by his beautiful, artistic wife. She runs off with a gentleman who purchased a nice house from Bill, in upstate New York. Totally in despair, Bill is doing badly at work and at home. His sister (Adrienne Shelley) decides to jolt her brother out of his funk by arranging for him to meet one of her old college friends, Bernice (Ally Sheedy). Bernice, however, is a bit of an odd duck and Bill insults her on their first date, causing her much pain. Yet, Bernice decides to get even, by kidnapping Bill and taking him on a car trip to visit her relatives. Will Bill be able to break free of Bernice's clutches? Will he want to? This is a very original film, with characters and a script that take the viewer into the realm of the unusual but satisfying world of offbeat movies. Sheedy is quite wonderful as the decidedly different woman and Rogers just fine as the heartbroken husband. The rest of the cast, including Shelley herself, who wrote and directed the film, are more than adequate. Given the probable budget constraints, the movie nevertheless looks great, with nice sets, costumes and amenities. If you have seen Shelley's Waitress and are looking backward to her other films, you will find this one an interesting first effort. Although it is not as successful or as universal as Waitress, no one could ever deem this flick as dull. Therefore, anyone who loves a departure from run of the mill movies will find this one easy to embrace.