Lullaby (2008/I)

Director:

Darrell Roodt

Writers:

Ivan Milborrow
Michael D. Sellers (screenplay)
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Release Date:

2008 (South Africa)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

An American mother receives word that her drug addled son has been kidnapped by a drug lord operating in South Africa.

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Joey Dedio	...	T-Boy
Melissa Leo	...	Stephanie
LaDonna Pettijohn	...	Flo
Russel Savadier	...	Joe
Lisa-Marie Schneider	...	Tina
Kyle Siebert	...	Kyle

Directed by
Darrell Roodt

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Donald A. Barton		screenplay
Ivan Milborrow
Michael D. Sellers		screenplay

Produced by
Donald A. Barton	....	producer
Anton Ernst	....	producer
Bryan J. Fay	....	co-producer
Richard Finney	....	producer
Kerry Gregg	....	producer
Kenneth F. Hickey	....	co-producer
Michael D. Sellers	....	producer
Emil A. Skulski	....	executive producer
John Thompson	....	co-producer
Luke Vitale	....	producer
Kurt Weber	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Alun Richards

Cinematography by
Jamie Ramsay

Film Editing by
Avril Beukes
Rika Camizianos

Sound Department
Andre Frauenstein	....	sound designer
Andre Frauenstein	....	sound effects editor
Jim Petrak	....	dialogue editor
Jim Petrak	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jim Petrak	....	supervising sound editor
Alun Richards	....	supervising sound editor
Neal van Biljon	....	foley editor
Neal van Biljon	....	sound effects editor

Music Department
Alun Richards	....	music editor

Production Companies

• Anton Ernst Entertainment
• Finney / Vitale Films

Distributors

• Gryphon Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)

MPAA:

Rated R for drug content, language, some violence and sexuality

Country:

South Africa

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA15+

Company:

Anton Ernst Entertainment

Crazy

LULLABY does have a certain 'down-beat charm', but Melisa Leo's fine character acting is completely lost in this preposterous script. Not a single plot-point is even remotely believable. The entire plot turns on a single event. A woman gets a call from halfway around the world that her son will be harmed if she doesn't come up with some money. We don't know exactly what the deal is, but we know that it is a time for desperate measures. But, who would (could?) fly from a trashy trailer-park in the USA to Johannesburg, South Africa to pay a couple of thousand dollars in ransom? She spent more than that to get there! And, what follows is a random collection of shootings, armed robberies, public beatings of pregnant women, and excessive cigarette smoking that just get wilder, and wilder. This one is very hard to wrap your mind around.