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Director:
Mary McGuckian
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Genre:
Drama
Plot:
An eclectic group of people drawn from all walks of life find themselves under one roof for twenty-eight days with one thing in common, addiction. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Charles Dance ... Private Investigator

Donna D'Errico ... Pamela

Gary Farmer ... Bob

Colm Feore ... Bill
Kerry Fox ... Kate
Jenny Gabrielle ... Olivia
Rupert Graves ... Mark
Ian Hart ... Harry III Jr

Andie MacDowell ... Kelly

Russell Means

David Midthunder ... Bartender / David
Bill Paterson ... Dr. Martin
John Sessions ... Joe
Sara Stockbridge ... Sarah

Jennifer Tilly

Lewie Wickham ... Rehab Patient
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Funny Farm (UK) (working title)
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Runtime:
Germany:93 min (European Film Market)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Galisteo, New Mexico, USA more
Company:
Scion Films more

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Phenomenal, realistic improv film..., 24 February 2008
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Author: jenius1880 from United States

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Mark (Rupert Graves) is addicted to everything. Booze...yes, please. Drugs...absolutely. Sex...yes, please, twice. His estranged wife Jane (Jennifer Tilly) follows him to London to stage an intervention with the help of married shrinks (Colm Feore and Andi McDowell). Mark is whisked away to Vista Clara, a spiritual drug rehabilitation retreat, in the American southwest. The film picks up during the facility's family week, when both Jane and Mark's new plastic girl-toy, Pamela, show up to participate.

The performances are A-mazing...especially Tilly, who, once again, proves what Hollywood has so egregiously ignored for twenty years--she's a really, REALLY great actress and not the one-note bimbette mainstream studios repeatedly cast her as. Graves is fantastic as the seemingly remorseless Mark. Colm Feore is, as usual, a very consistent, grounded performer. And, the big shocker for me, Andi McDowell is actually quite good, too.

There are some problems, though. The other "patients" are a bit one-dimensional, and two of them (Sara and Harry) are never really "fleshed out" enough for us to care about them. The Australian(?) duo's relationship had a lot of potential--very funny, quirky--but that's only explored halfway as well. All in all, most of the time, I found myself just wanting the film to steer back to the Mark-Jane relationship.

Most of the positive credit for this film goes to the actors who improvised the whole thing, and the cinematographer who took advantage of the beautiful winter desert backdrop. Sometimes, however, it seems that director Mary McGuckian goes a bit over the top to prove the film's "indie-ness"...note the last five minutes of camera spin-shots around the principal characters.

Watch this film for Jennifer Tilly. It'll have you cursing Hollywood for turning her into a poker pro.

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