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In Los Angeles, Emily Brown is a kleptomaniac and addicted in pills that misses her father and is having... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Masterfully crafted! moreCast
(Credited cast)| Meredith Bishop | ... | Emily | |
| Jsu Garcia | ... | Nick | |
| Leigh Taylor-Young | ... | Teresa | |
| Henry Czerny | ... | Ivan | |
| Michael Nouri | ... | Dr. Cohn | |
| Michael Irby | ... | Marco | |
| Kirk B.R. Woller | ... | Jeffries | |
| Michael E. Rodgers | ... | Sandy Hauser | |
| Mark Chaet | ... | Pharmacist | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Hannah Castelluccio | ... | Female Voice | |
| Teala Davies | ... | Shoplifter | |
| Jeff Garvin | ... | Jimmy the Store Clerk | |
| Edward W. Gately | ... | Voice of Zytrexor | |
| D.J. Harner | ... | Banker | |
| Al Israel | ... | Watch Salesman | |
| Igor Jijikine | ... | Thug #1 | |
| Grace Korkunis | ... | Young Emily | |
| Dorian Lopinto | ... | Ms. Hall | |
| Tori Meyer | ... | Gretchen | |
| Roman Nichols | ... | Thug #2 | |
| Scott Satenspiel | ... | Jason Klaritch | |
| Kansas Skye | ... | Nick's Daughter | |
| Teressa Tunney | ... | Nick's Ex-Wife | |
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I too have seen KLEPTO and consider the listed review from Austin to be wildly inaccurate. KLEPTO is a self-assured directing debut by a director that has a bright future. So what if he chooses to tell a story through multiple angles? Must every film review of every film begin with the Hollywood formula, specifically that a film must follow a singular protagonist through a specific set of paces that we have all become so sensitive to that we can predict them in our sleep?!
Tom Trail has the good sense to take the O.C.D. psychological disorder and frame it in a real life situation, make it feel as though it could be the basis for those noises you hear coming through your own apartment wall, the life experience of a neighboring stranger you've never seen...His "Emily" as played by the juicy Meredith Bishop with conviction, despite her having to remain frail and unhinged, falls prey to the wiles and incliniations and ultimate scheme of the devious Security Specialist (watch for Jsu Garcia to become the next Latin male superstar in the Benicio Del Toro mold!). It's not at all "heavy handed" as one reviewer previously reported. It's a dance of sorts, the way "Nick" inserts himself into Emily's life right as her neurotic mother comes to stay for an unwanted visit.
For me it was the fascinating and visually strategic lines of two people paths coming together, becoming inextricably intertwined, that was so fun, so involving. This succint (the flick is a brisk 84 minutes) and astute character study breaks out of the gate at race horse's pace and never lets up! The photography, the smaller supporting roles, the music (some of it performed on a classical piano even!), and one of the best single take "long shots" of the year (eat your heart out Scorsese!) all approximate the material to the perfect degree. This film is like a complicated meal, one with many ingredients, all vital to its final finish as a dish...nothing is peppered in here with the "heavy hand" suggested by the previous reviewer and the result? Delicious and full of depth.
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