Who Loves the Sun (2006/I)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Matt Bissonnette

Writer:

Matt Bissonnette (writer)

Release Date:

6 April 2007 (Canada)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A troubled young man's sudden return after a mysterious five-year disappearance reunites him with his wife and his best friend.

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Lukas Haas	...	Will Morrison
Molly Parker	...	Maggie Claire
Adam Scott	...	Daniel Bloom
R.H. Thomson	...	Arthur Bloom
Wendy Crewson	...	Mary Bloom

Also Known As:

Summer Babe (Canada: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

Canada:94 min (DVD)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Québec) | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Falcon Lake, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

Corey Marr Productions Inc.

Soundtrack:

TRAINS ACROSS THE SEA

Not as funny as it wants to be

I saw this movie at the AFI Dallas festival. Most of the audience, including my wife, enjoyed this comedy-drama, but I didn't. It stars Lucas Haas (Brick, Alpha Dog), Molly Parker (Kissed, The Five Senses, Hollywoodland) and Adam Scott (First Snow, Art School Confidential). The director is Matt Bissonnette, who's married to Molly Parker. All three actors do a fine job in this movie about 3 friends, the marriage of two of them and infidelity involving the third. It all takes place at a lake house and it looks wonderful. The film wants to treat its subject as a comedy first and then a drama, and I thought it needed to be the other way around.