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You can't choose family. more
Plot:
A teenage boy (Angarano) longs to win the attention of his emotionally distant father. full summary | full synopsis
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10 wins
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(11 articles)
10 Most Underrated Young Actors
(From The Movie Fanatic. 12 October 2009, 7:54 PM, PDT)
10 Most Underrated Young Actors
(From The Movie Fanatic. 12 October 2009, 7:54 PM, PDT)
(From The Movie Fanatic. 12 October 2009, 7:54 PM, PDT)
10 Most Underrated Young Actors
(From The Movie Fanatic. 12 October 2009, 7:54 PM, PDT)
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One of the best movies of the year
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(Credited cast) | Michael Angarano | ... | Cole McKay |
 | Brendan Gleeson | ... | Desmond McKay |
 | Tom Guiry | ... | Terry McKay |
 | Melissa Leo | ... | Margaret McKay |
 | Emily VanCamp | ... | Kathleen McKay |
| Michael Rispoli | ... | Joey |
| Finn Curtin | ... | Coach |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ken Arpino | ... | Valet |
| Wilson Better | ... | Graves |
 | Francis Capra | ... | Anthony |
| Mark S. Cartier | ... | Mr. Quint |
 | A.J. Coppola | ... | Hoodlum |
| Peter Darrigo | ... | Track Buddy #1 |
 | Steven Paul Davis | ... | Valet #1 |
| Jeffrey DelliColli | ... | Restaurant Cook |
 | Bonnie Dennison | ... | Donna O'Leary |
 | William Christopher Ellis | ... | Busboy / Student (as William Ellis) |
 | John Fiore | ... | Orsini |
 | Steve Flynn | ... | Stolen car victim |
| Ryan Healey | ... | Baseball Player Charging Mound |
| Joanna Herrington | ... | Mrs. O'Leary |
| David Ian | ... | Priest |
 | Tom Kemp | ... | Priest |
 | Caryn Andrea Lindsey | ... | Pregnant Girly #1 |
 | Andrea Lyman | ... | Nurse |
| Dave Matt | ... | Valet |
| Joe McEachern | ... | Cop |
| Kate Murphy | ... | Restaurant Patron |
 | Kevin O'Donnell | ... | Fired Busboy |
| Carmel O'Reilly | ... | Sister Agatha |
| Danielle Perry | ... | Sister Mary Elise |
| David Rasner | ... | Various Voices (voice) |
| Harvey Soolman | ... | Umpire |
| Frank T. Wells | ... | Father Magruder |
 | Bates Wilder | ... | Officer Cowen |
 | Scott Winters | ... | Doctor |
 | Joseph Zamparelli | ... | Track Buddy #2 |
 | Peter Ziobro | ... | Bus Stop Patron |
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Rated R for some language and brief violence.
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95 min
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Revealing mistakes: When Tom Guiry goes to the Marine Corps recruiting office, he speaks with a Lieutenant, played by Kevin Chapman. Except, the Lieutenant is wearing enlisted Dress Blues (red piping on only enlisted uniform), not an Officer uniform. To make matters worse, the Dress Blue uniform hanging in the background is an Officer dress blue coat (without red piping), but then has enlisted chevrons sewn on the sleeve. So both uniforms are incorrect.
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Desmond McKay:
[Hits his son] Don't ever humiliate me like that again! You understand?
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If you want a traditional story, with a main conflict, a villain, a hero, and a resolution, you may not enjoy this movie. But as an independent coming-of-age movie, I found it to be excellent.
The characters all demonstrate great depth, as other reviews have said. The acting is wonderful. This movie captures life - growing up - in south Boston. There is pregnancy. There is cancer. There is baseball. There is theft. But the movie is not about any one of those things. It is about humanity and living.
Other movies this year have done a better job in building tension. Other movies have been funnier. Other movies have included more commentary - a better moral - about human life. But no movie has captured the essential roller coaster of life better than this movie.
The twists, while not as shocking as others, are more real. The sadness of the movie comes in part from your familiarity with the situations. I highly recommend this movie and I hope you choose to watch it and enjoy it.