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A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 3 nominations
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- TriviaThe film cast includes two Oscar winners: Mary Steenburgen and Timothy Hutton; and three Oscar nominees: Jane Alexander, John Sayles and Angela Bassett.
- GoofsWhen the bulldozer is about to tear down the trees, there are tracks in the dirt from previous takes.
- Quotes
Marly Temple: The important thing is to keep that smile on your face, even when you're drowning.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Lilo & Stitch/Sunshine State/Juwanna Mann (2002)
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SUNSHINE STATE kinda intrigued me because it's set in Florida and also because it's a movie that focuses on various characters instead of just one, and I admired it for being different.
In the town of Delrona Beach in Florida there is preparation for its annual festival but one of the floats is burned by an orphan that is in care of his old aunt Eunice. Soon Eunice is visited by her daughter Desiree Stokes (Angela Bassett) that has returned to make amends with her mother and introduce her new husband, and in town she becomes reacquainted with her former classmate Flash, who was a football player and now works in the development industry. Marly Temple (Edie Falco) runs a cafè owned by her parents who has to deal with her former husband Steve, her boyfriend golf player Scotty and then she gets involved with Jack Meadows (Timothy Hutton), a landscape architect involved in the property developments.
I explained the plot in the best way possible because it's best you just see the movie for yourselves. The performances (especially Hutton and Bassett's) were good and the film has a nice feel good nature that while it lasts more than two hours, time seems to flow. Loved also the shootings of Florida, they looked like straight from a documentary.
A forgotten and unique movie that you shouldn't miss if you have a chance. Perfect especially for a summer day when there is too hot for staying out (I saw it in mid-July).
In the town of Delrona Beach in Florida there is preparation for its annual festival but one of the floats is burned by an orphan that is in care of his old aunt Eunice. Soon Eunice is visited by her daughter Desiree Stokes (Angela Bassett) that has returned to make amends with her mother and introduce her new husband, and in town she becomes reacquainted with her former classmate Flash, who was a football player and now works in the development industry. Marly Temple (Edie Falco) runs a cafè owned by her parents who has to deal with her former husband Steve, her boyfriend golf player Scotty and then she gets involved with Jack Meadows (Timothy Hutton), a landscape architect involved in the property developments.
I explained the plot in the best way possible because it's best you just see the movie for yourselves. The performances (especially Hutton and Bassett's) were good and the film has a nice feel good nature that while it lasts more than two hours, time seems to flow. Loved also the shootings of Florida, they looked like straight from a documentary.
A forgotten and unique movie that you shouldn't miss if you have a chance. Perfect especially for a summer day when there is too hot for staying out (I saw it in mid-July).
- bellino-angelo2014
- Dec 4, 2022
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- Also known as
- La tierra del sol
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,065,921
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $93,072
- Jun 23, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $3,369,654
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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