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Overview
Release Date:
8 December 2006 (USA) moreGenre:
DramaTagline:
Would you let this man be your father?Plot:
An aging, disillusioned alcoholic (Nolte) gets a younger friend (Morgan) and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion. | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)User Comments:
Real Acting moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Trevor Morgan | ... | Dave Tibbel |
 | Nick Nolte | ... | Ray Cook |
 | Rosemarie DeWitt | ... | Debra |
| Thomas Schall | ... | Male Parent #1 |
| Paul Urcioli | ... | Male Parent #2 |
 | Johnathan Tchaikovsky | ... | Paul Michaels |
 | Noah Fleiss | ... | Todd Hunter |
| Sonia Feigelson | ... | Ashley Tibbel |
 | Timothy Hutton | ... | Mr. Tibbel |
| James Ponsoldt | ... | Robby |
| Darrell Larson | ... | Doctor |
 | Richard Petrocelli | ... | Man in Doctor's Office |
| Richard Terwilliger | ... | Teacher |
| Marlyne Afflack | ... | Nancy |
| Michael Higgins | ... | Al Cook |
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Rated R for a crude sexual remark.Parents Guide:
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Argentina:90 min | USA:90 min (Sundance Film Festival)Country:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalFilming Locations:
Suffern, New York, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Continuity: When Ray comes to pick up Dave for the reunion, Dave comes downstairs carrying a corsage in a plastic box. When Dave asks Ray if he's going to call him "son" all day, the box and flower disappear. moreSoundtrack:
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I enjoyed this movie. Nick Nolte gives his all and Trevor Morgan, as his reluctant protégé, gives a nuanced performance. Above all, I found OFF THE BLACK believable. The premise is a bit unlikely, but the actors are up to the challenge and the director knows where to take the story. It's not an expose of rural life, but it's not an exercise in sentiment, either. There are no set-pieces, one-liners or explosive confrontations, but there are truths. This is not one of these movies which focus so much on the negative as to numb the viewer. (I can name about ten movies in the last five years which do that.) But it does insist that life isn't perfect. The world of movie distribution isn't perfect either, which is why this didn't appear at the multiplex. But the DVD is there. Grab it.