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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   2,834 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Derick Martini (written by) &
Steven Martini (written by)
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Release Date:
23 October 2009 (Poland) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The American Dream Sucks
Plot:
A family unit begins to bow under the pressure of a failing marriage. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(83 articles)
Lymelife's Derick Martini Sets Up His Next 'I Am My Family's Secret'
 (From FirstShowing.net. 3 November 2009, 11:54 AM, PST)

Martini has a 'Secret'
 (From Monsters and Critics. 3 November 2009, 11:47 AM, PST)

User Comments:
95 minutes well spent more (25 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Rory Culkin ... Scott Bartlett

Alec Baldwin ... Mickey Bartlett

Jill Hennessy ... Brenda Bartlett

Emma Roberts ... Adrianna Bragg

Timothy Hutton ... Charlie Bragg

Cynthia Nixon ... Melissa Bragg

Logan Huffman ... Blaze Salado

Brandon Thane Wilson ... Stuart

Adam Scarimbolo ... Todd O'Leary

Kieran Culkin ... Jimmy Bartlett
Phillip Pennestri ... Father Pazzo
Louis Ruffolo Jr. ... Bartender
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, some sexual content, violence and drug use.
Runtime:
USA:95 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | Dolby SR (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:M18

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Trivia:
The screenplay is based on the Martini's own childhood. more
Quotes:
Scott Bartlett: So are we gonna like... do it?
Adrianna Bragg: Do you really want to talk about it?
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References "The Twilight Zone" (1959) more
Soundtrack:
Shooting Star more

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30 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
95 minutes well spent, 20 March 2009
9/10
Author: yogi-14 from United States

I can't wait for my next three-Martini film! If Lymelife can be done in less than a month, let's have at least two more before year's end––the last positioned for awards season. Yes, I worry this remarkable film will be unheralded and forgotten in eight months. I can visualize every member of this excellent cast reading the script and beginning to drool. All this tight, little character-driven story needed was a cast that knew whereof it spoke and a director who could give that cast's instincts and improvisational abilities free rein. Obviously, the Martini brothers with a cathartic, autobiographical exercise in familial dysfunction said, "Hey, the Culkins will know where we're coming from!" And do they ever! The scenes between the brothers are heartbreaking in their awareness of fraternal love and filial disillusionment.

The sexual initiation scenes are tender, funny and soooo real. The floundering, faulty adults, right on the nose! This is Timothy Hutton's best work since Ordinary People.

The 1979 setting is subtly established by the scrupulously selected music and the vehicles of the time. The only effort to tie in current events in this post-Viet Nam war-weary era is an almost subliminal reference to the takeover of the American embassy in Tehran. And this is all so right, because the characters and relationships, which is what we're here for, are timeless.

The symbolism––right up to the real estate baron bearing the cross of a For Sale sign––hits just the right note. if you have a chance to see this film, go.

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