Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Billy Crudup | ... | FH | |
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Robert Michael Kelly | ... | Salesman |
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Torben Brooks | ... | Car Crash Driver |
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Dierdre Lewis | ... | Driver's Wife |
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Jimmy Moffit | ... | Car Crash Doctor |
Antoinette LaVecchia | ... | Dead Man's Wife | |
Samantha Morton | ... | Michelle | |
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Steve Buck | ... | Richard |
Ben Shenkman | ... | Tom | |
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Scott Oster | ... | Stan |
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Brooke Rachel Shive | ... | Beatle (as Brooke Shive) |
Mark Webber | ... | Jack Hotel | |
John Ventimiglia | ... | McInnes | |
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Jesse Weaver Jr. | ... | Carl |
Michael Shannon | ... | Dundun (as Mike Shannon) |
A gentle and usually mellow young man, who sometimes knows things before they happen and gets vibes of premonition, tell us his story: how he met Michelle in Iowa in 1971, how he got the name Fuckhead, how she introduced him to heroin and their falling in love, his thieving, his hospital work and their time in Chicago when she gets pregnant, detox, going to Phoenix to live, AA meetings and a dance, working at a care center where he learns to touch the residents, and modifying his daily schedule so that he passes a neighboring Mennonite household at the right time to hear the wife sing Gospel songs in the shower. Slowly, very slowly, FH lets his gifts emerge. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I enjoyed this, it's different. The plot is non-linear, but that doesn't really matter. It contains scenes that may disturb, but for one reason or another, I forgot to be disturbed. The acting is very good, I don't think I'd ever seen a Billy Crudup film before, and came away with a new name to search for. The soundtrack is excellent, the humour is odd, but it's the supporting cast which make the film; the cameo's are all spot on. I dislike Denis Leary, but he's good here, I wasn't a particularly big fan of JB Jack Black either, but he shines here and I saw him in a new light.
Low budget, sure, more films could do with the charm of this one, it tries to do something different, and I think it's a winner.