IMDb > Lucid (2005)

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6.4/10   192 votes
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Writers:
Sean Garrity (written by) and
Jonas Chernick (written by)
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Joel Rothman can't sleep.
Plot:
Joel Rothman can't sleep. And that's the least of his problems. His wife has left him, his daughter is showing signs of severe mental distress... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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Sean Garrity is promising more (6 total)

Cast

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Jonas Chernick ... Joel Rothman

Callum Keith Rennie ... Victor

Michelle Nolden ... Chandra

Lindy Booth ... Sophie
Brianna Williams ... Jenny
Ross McMillan ... Les

Gordon Tanner ... Doctor

Kristen Harris ... Mari
Lauren Ritz ... Gwen
Robert G. Slade ... Pharmacist
James Janssens ... Dave Walker
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Suzanne Kelly ... Telephone Operator
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Runtime:
Canada:89 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:90 min | Japan:92 min
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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Sean Garrity is promising, 1 May 2006
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Author: Bob Taylor (bob998@sympatico.ca) from Canada

Lucid is a very good supernatural thriller that had me entertained throughout its running time. Usually when I go to a Canadian film it is with a certain apprehension; I think I'm going to be bored to death by some witless story that was made as a tax dodge. Sean Garrity with his second film is roughly where Atom Egoyan was when he made Exotica: just on the cusp of world recognition. The story is very funny at first--you have the nuttiest trio of confused minds in therapy, and their therapist, Joel, who has many problems himself. The tone gets darker and more violent as the story advances.

Jonas Chernick as Joel and Michelle Nolden as Chandra are very good, Joel trying to help Chandra with her fixation on her dead sister. Callum Keith Rennie does a terrific turn as Victor, a man full of psychic pain and violence--we first see him throwing a chair against the wall and demanding that his release form be signed. Rennie has an expressive acting style that allows him to be funny, sinister and very dangerous all in the same scene. This is a film that deserves wide distribution outside Canada.

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