Lamb (2015)

Lamb is a movie starring Ross Partridge, Oona Laurence, and Jess Weixler. When a man meets a young girl in a parking lot he attempts to help her avoid a bleak destiny by initiating her into the beauty of the outside world. The journey shakes them in ways neither expects.

Director:

Ross Partridge

Writers:

Bonnie Nadzam (novel), Ross Partridge (screenplay)

Stars:

Ross Partridge, Oona Laurence, Jess Weixler

4 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ross Partridge	...	David Lamb
Oona Laurence	...	Tommie
Jess Weixler	...	Linny
Tom Bower	...	Foster
Scoot McNairy	...	Jesse
Lindsay Pulsipher	...	Linda
Jennifer Lafleur	...	Melissa
Joel Murray	...	Wilson
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ron Burkhardt	...	Walter Lamb
Ketrick "Jazz" Copeland	...	Security Guard
Iris Elliot	...	Melissa's Daughter
Amirah Griffin	...	Tommie's Friend #1
Mark Kelly	...	Radio Reporter (voice)
John Kemp	...	Foster's neighbor
Kay Kemp	...	Foster's neighbor

Storyline

Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his own goodness, he turns his attention to Tommie, an awkward and unpopular eleven-year-old girl. Lamb is convinced that he can help her avoid a destiny of apathy and emptiness, and takes Tommie for a road trip from Chicago to the Rockies, planning to initiate her into the beauty of the mountain wilderness. The journey shakes them in ways neither expects.

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Plot Keywords:

crying girl | piggy back ride | cooking over a campfire | 11 year old | homesickness | 

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Taglines:

Innocence walks a fine line

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some disturbing behavior, sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 January 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ягнёнок

Filming Locations:

Denver, Colorado, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,150, 10 January 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$14,547, 17 January 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shot Clock, The, Silent Helicopter

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

David Lamb: A love like ours is expensive, right? Think of it that way. We pay for it by not seeing each other.

User Reviews

Disturbing

David(Ross Partridge) is a forty seven year old man who has just lost his father and divorced his wife and seems on the verge of a nervous break down. After burying his father, he meets an eleven year old girl, Tommie(Oona Laurence) at a parking lot, where, somehow, they connect. Thus begins a strange journey, where the two relate on an emotional level. David takes Tommie on a road trip to a desolate cabin in the mountains while searching for some meaning to his life. Tommie is an outcast with indifferent parents. The writer of the novel, Lamb, Bonnie Nadzam, claims to never have read Lolita, which was also adapted for the screen in 1962 by Stanley Kubrick. The themes are similar, but Lolita's protagonist, played by the precocious and self assured fifteen year old Sue Lyon, is a million miles apart from the innocent eleven year old Oona Laurence. Though at times unsettling, Lamb never veers into Lolita's explicitly sexual territory. Partridge and Laurence are riveting together and I look forward to see what the young actress does next. Lamb is a solid 8/10.