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Overview

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Writers:
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (novel)
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Release Date:
17 October 2001 (Belgium) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Thriller more
Plot:
A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 15 nominations more
User Comments:
Swinton rocks in a true twisted thriller! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tilda Swinton ... Margaret Hall

Goran Visnjic ... Alek 'Al' Spera
Jonathan Tucker ... Beau Hall
Peter Donat ... Jack Hall

Josh Lucas ... Darby Reese

Raymond J. Barry ... Carlie Nagel (as Raymond Barry)

Tamara Hope ... Paige Hall

Jordon Dorrance ... Dylan Hall
Heather Mathieson ... Sue Lloyd
Holmes Osborne ... Loan Officer

Richard Gross ... Deputy Sheriff

Kip Martin ... BYD

Franco Delgado ... Barrish Brother
Kip Ellwood ... Male Nurse
Margot Krindel ... Amber Lloyd
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some violence and language, and for a strong sex scene.
Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
i5 Films more

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Trivia:
Director Cameo: [Scott McGehee and David Siegel] [as the EMTs from the ambulance that arrive to pick up Jack.] more
Goofs:
Continuity: After being slapped around, the blood on Margaret's lip disappears and reappears several times. more
Quotes:
Margaret Hall: We don't have the money.
Alek 'Al' Spera: You have to get the money. Is that not clear enough?
Margaret Hall: It's $50,000. It is not the kind of thing that everyone can just go out and get.
Alek 'Al' Spera: Have you spoken with your husband?
Margaret Hall: He can't be reached. He's on a carrier somewhere in the nor - This is truly none of your business.
Alek 'Al' Spera: What about the old man? Well, you have to try harder.
Margaret Hall: "Try harder?"
Alek 'Al' Spera: I don't think you're really trying.
Margaret Hall: Really?
Alek 'Al' Spera: Yes.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Anatomy of a Scene: The Deep End" (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Swan Lake, Op. 20, Finale more

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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
Swinton rocks in a true twisted thriller!, 15 April 2003

This film is like a great term paper: it flows like fire-water from a heated pitcher. I bought it on a caprice, only to rivet myself to the screen unexpectedly. Tilda Swinton is absolutely flawless (not to mention Visnjic) in a very strange tale about a mother's endless desire to protect. Not that I consider it a true flaw, but I would have liked for Margaret to tell Beau exactly why things had been so screwy and deadly for the past two days. The opportunity arises at the very end but she decides not. For me, I certainly would have explained to a seventeen-year-old boy that if he screws around with derelicts in seedy closets, people die. It's sort of an important part of growing up. However, directors McGehee and Siegel decide to omit that part. While the film is a must for thrill-seekers, I really felt that the boy should have been let in on the sticky, lethal web his juvenile lust did spin. BUT TILDA ROCKS! Just like this movie.

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