Come Early Morning (2006)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Joey Lauren Adams

Writer:

Joey Lauren Adams (written by)

Release Date:

31 August 2007 (Brazil)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

A 30-something southern woman searches for love, despite the burdens she carries with her.

Plot Keywords:

Blonde | Vet | Dog | Ford Pickup | Number 130

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Ashley Judd	...	Lucy Fowler
Jason T. Davis	...	Motel Man
Richard Lee Crow	...	Motel Clerk
Laura Prepon	...	Kim
Christine Renee Ward	...	Sue (as Christy Ward)
Candyce Hinkle	...	Doll
Scott Wilson	...	Lowell Fowler
Tim Blake Nelson	...	Uncle Tim
Pat Corley	...	Papa
Diane Ladd	...	Nana
Wally Welch	...	Eli
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Bob
Jeffrey Donovan	...	Cal Percell
Nancy Ellen Mills	...	Michelle
Chuck Borden	...	Man with Michelle

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual situations.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Argentina:13 | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Arkansas, USA

Company:

Bold Films

Trivia:

Several scenes were filmed in Joey Lauren Adams's maternal grandmother's house in North Little Rock. Her grandmother temporarily relocated to allow for filming.

Goofs:

Continuity: The jukebox Lucy picks up sits in the back of the pick-up truck for most of the movie because she doesn't know what she is going to do with it. After her breakdown, she goes back to apologize to her father for her drunken outrage the night before and when she pulls up, the jukebox is missing from the back of her truck - it's easy to tell as the jukebox is higher than the cab of her pick-up. In the next scene, when she goes to visit Cal, the jukebox is back on her pick-up truck.

Quotes:

Doll: You got no say over your heart, Lucy. And if you think you do, you'd best not let yours roam too far.

Movie Connections:

References "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960)

Soundtrack:

LEAVIN' AIN'T THE ONLY WAY TO GO

Complex and intense but not depressing

Saw this at the Chicago Film Festival and it was a great experience. The movie is a glimpse into the life and relationships of Lucy (Ashley Judd). I went in thinking it was going to be very intense and sad (especially after seeing some of the movie stills) and was very pleasantly surprised at the descriptive intense way the complex Lucy was portrayed and the light feel of the movie despite some very unhappy circumstances. I left the movie feeling like I got to know a good person and had some hope - but didn't see Hollywood clichés or forced happily ever afters.

The writer/director Joey Lauren Adams didn't take any shortcuts and quite happily didn't try to make a movie that appealed to everyone. This is a "real" southern town with "real" people. In the after movie question and answer session with Ms. Adams, she said it would be an interesting exercise to re-shoot the entire movie, keeping the dialog, with a man in the lead role. I keep going back to that…. I'd love to hear/see/read the different reactions of critics and audiences to the male and female versions of "Lucy".