A Florida couple deals with an unexpected pregnancy while holding minimum wage jobs.
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Laurie CollyerWriter:
Laurie Collyer (screenplay)
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| Naomi Watts | ... | Melissa | |
| Matt Dillon | ... | Richie | |
| Tess Harper | ... | Kathleen | |
| Norman Reedus | ... | Justin | |
| Antoni Corone | ... | Edwin | |
| Adrienne Lovette | ... | Vivian | |
| Keith Hudson | ... | Micky | |
| Beth Marshall | ... | Molly (as Beth Marhsall) | |
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Yvonne Gougelet | ... | Kristi |
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Teo Castellanos | ... | Jorge |
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David Hoyt | ... | Darth |
| Fawad Siddiqui | ... | Jamshed | |
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John Archie | ... | Tom |
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Casey Cook | ... | Cody |
| Leyla Lawrence | ... | Nurse | |
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Hard-working convenience store clerk Melissa and her disabled boyfriend Richie are trapped in a generational cycle of poverty. Their luck may be changing when they learn that Melissa has become pregnant. But as soon as she loses her job and they get evicted from the motel they live in, their joy vanishes. Written by Freebasedog
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12 January 2015 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Marcas da Vida See more »Filming Locations:
Clearwater, Florida, USACompany Credits
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Richie: Mmm, what are you doing, babe?
Melissa: Going to work. It's rainin'.
Richie: No. I'll drive ya. I gotta cash my check.
Melissa: Well, hurry up. I'm gonna be late.
Richie: Well, good morning to you, too.
[sitting up]
Richie: Hm, look at you.
Melissa: What?
Richie: You look great. I love that color on you.
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[first lines]Richie: Mmm, what are you doing, babe?
Melissa: Going to work. It's rainin'.
Richie: No. I'll drive ya. I gotta cash my check.
Melissa: Well, hurry up. I'm gonna be late.
Richie: Well, good morning to you, too.
[sitting up]
Richie: Hm, look at you.
Melissa: What?
Richie: You look great. I love that color on you.
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This movie is depressing. However, it is realistic. People who live in the better parts of Washington, New York, San Francisco, Denver, etc, or most suburbs anywhere need to realize that the everyday life of a very, very large number of Americans is what is depicted in this film. Move to Youngstown OH, or Odessa TX, or any of a thousand other cities and you will see what America is really like. It is not the Hamptons, or Hyannis Port, or Beverly Hills, or Knob Hill, or McLean, or ......... What is sad is that these low-life ignorant people don't even realize what is best for them. They continue their downward spiral with booze (cheap), drugs (oxy, meth, crack), stupid behavior (breeding more of the same) and even voting against their own best interests (i.e. Republican).
Watts, as usual, is superb - she is clearly one of the two or three best living actresses today. Dillon's performance was as good as his best. Tess Harper was great as well.
The film is not really entertaining - there is not a single likable character. The plot is not a story, i.e. it has no real beginning or end; it is not a mystery, it is not a Jane Austin romance, it is not a comedy, etc. Nonetheless, I would recommend it purely so that upper and middle class America can see the life of what may well be the majority of Americans.