Middle of Nowhere (2008)

An irresponsible mother blows her eldest daughter's college fund on her youngest daughter's modeling campaign.

Director:

John Stockwell

Writer:

Michelle Morgan

Stars:

Eva Amurri Martino, Anton Yelchin, Willa Holland

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eva Amurri Martino	...	Grace Berry (as Eva Amurri)
Anton Yelchin	...	Dorian Spitz
Willa Holland	...	Taylor Elizabeth Berry
Susan Sarandon	...	Rhonda Berry
Justin Chatwin	...	Ben Pretzler
Brea Grant	...	Jean
Anny Ibarra	...	Elena
Kenny Bordes	...	Ryan
Scott A. Martin	...	Morris Kraven
Aimee Spring Fortier	...	Bonnie (as Aimee Fortier)
Marie Debrey	...	Paulette Spitz
Lindsay Soileau	...	Cami
Veronica Berry	...	Vik
Andrea Frankle	...	Jessica Luther
Jessica Heap	...	Justine Spitz

Storyline

Summer in a small southern town: Grace wants to go to college, but her feckless mom has poisoned that well (no student loans because mom has welshed on credit cards in Grace's name). Dorian wants to escape from his snobbish adoptive parents. They team up to sell marijuana - she hopes for enough to go to college. Both investigate family secretes, and things get complicated when Dorian falls for her, Grace falls for someone else, and Grace's 15-year-old sister behaves badly. Can Dorian find independence and Grace get to college. And what constitutes a family, anyway?

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Plot Keywords:

modeling | summer | marijuana | adopted son | family relationships | 

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Taglines:

Life Without a Road Map ...

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug content, some teen drinking and sexual material

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 July 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Um Amor de Verão

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bold Films, Louisiana Media Productions, Nowhere Films Louisiana Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Real-life mother and daughter Susan Sarandon and Eva Amurri Martino play mother and daughter in this movie.

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Goofs

(at around 15 mins) In the Bingo Parlor. we see the girl in blue smock, behind her is a bingo board with numerous numbers lit. There is a cut to the male. Back to her and the board is almost completely unlit.

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Quotes

Dorian Spitz: I knew we should go into business together... I can see it on your face, you know. I can see it in your eyes. You need to escape your world just as much as I do.
Grace: Except that you're trying to escape down, and I'm trying to escape up.
Dorian Spitz: No. There's no up or down, man. There's just free and trapped.

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Soundtracks

"Roll it Up"
Written by Row Coppo
Performed by Row Coppo

User Reviews

Satisfying Character Study

Middle of Nowhere is a touching character study given an extra resonance by pairing the real life mother & daughter Susan Sarandon & Eva Amurri, playing a mother & daughter. Susan Sarandon takes a back seat while Eva Amurri really shines in her role as Grace, the older of two daughters being raised by her mother after their father's suicide. While mother's attention is focused on getting her younger daughter to modeling school, Grace has to find a summer job to raise money to fulfill her ambition of going to medical school. She does get a job at a water park where he meets Dorian (Anton Yelchin) who has an unusual scheme to find money to get Grace to college.

This movie is full of real characters with whom is easy to identify and empathize with. The acting is great with Amurri and Yelchin the standouts.