Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Adrienne Shelly | ... | Audry | |
Robert John Burke | ... | Josh (as Robert Burke) | |
Chris Cooke | ... | Vic Hugo (as Christopher Cooke) | |
Julia McNeal | ... | Pearl | |
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Katherine Mayfield | ... | Liz Hugo |
Gary Sauer | ... | Emmet | |
Mark Chandler Bailey | ... | Mike (as Mark Bailey) | |
David Healy | ... | Todd Whitbread | |
Matt Malloy | ... | Otis: Driver - Bum | |
Edie Falco | ... | Jane - The Waitress | |
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Jeff Howard | ... | Irate Driver |
Kelly Reichardt | ... | His Wife | |
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Ross Turner | ... | Their Son |
Paul Schulze | ... | Bill (as Paul Schultze) | |
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Mike Brady | ... | Bob |
After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where me meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did, but they are all wary of him, especially Audry's father. Written by Tom Unger <unger@raindrop.seaslug.org>
Mind you, it's a wafer thin storyline. A heart-warming little story of an ex-convict returning to a city, and the infatuation of the local Lolita has for him, it touches you, ever so softly, from behind the facade of the boisterous small town existence and the foibles of the small group of townspeople who form the nucleus of the story. At the end of it, you're glad you sat down to watch it - it's a laid-back mind-soother, which leaves you with a warm feeling all over.
What elevates the film by several rungs is, however, the superb performance of Robert Burke as the mercurial, unpredictable and enigmatic Joshua Hutton, who leaves you ambivalent about his real intentions till the very end, when all is revealed. Supporting him, ably, is the petite Adrienne Shelly, who may not be strictly pretty, but has an elfin charm - not really a little girl any more, but not yet a woman. They complement each other perfectly, and it is this chemistry that makes the film glow, and forms the perfect foil to the humdrum backdrop of everything else that is going on.
It's rewarding, and relaxing, viewing - a perfect de-stresser, if there ever was one. If you can get hold of a copy, hold on, tight.