Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
James Woods | ... | Mel | |
Melanie Griffith | ... | Sid | |
Vincent Kartheiser | ... | Bobbie | |
Natasha Gregson Wagner | ... | Rosie | |
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James Otis | ... | Reverend |
Branden Williams | ... | Danny | |
Brent Briscoe | ... | Clem | |
Peter Sarsgaard | ... | Ty | |
Paul Hipp | ... | Richard Johnson | |
Kim Flowers | ... | Bonnie Johnson | |
John Gatins | ... | Phil | |
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Ryan Donahue | ... | Barry |
Christopher Doyle | ... | Conan | |
Dick Hancock | ... | Breather | |
Pamela Gordon | ... | Waitress |
Bobbie is an addict and small-time thief. When one of his jobs goes bad, Mel is called in to patch him up. Mel offers him a chance at a bigger score. Over time, Mel and his girlfriend Sid become almost like parents to Bobbie and his girlfriend Rosie, but this can't last. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
1st watched 12/26/2009 – 8 out of 10(Dir-Larry Clark): Extremely well executed drama about a couple of older drug-using thieves who take a younger couple under their wings as they survive in this rough un-forgiving chaotic world. The movie begins as the younger couple is introduced and the male character(played by Vincent Kartheiser) robs a community college's snack room of it's vending machine change and gets ferociously beat up by a security guard but then kills him. Uncle Mel(played by James Woods) then invites the kids to tag along with him and his girl and they graduate to bigger thefts with bigger consequences. The older couple(who can't have kids) kind of take on a tutoring and parenting role to the younger couple and they start developing a good friendship as well. It's obvious there are needs being fulfilled both ways in a companionship perspective as they both have many losses in their personal lives. Mistakes start being made after it's determined the younger girl is pregnant and the younger couple start evaluating whether this life is for them. This causes friction in the characters in this no-holds barred insane lifestyle movie where the characters just want to make good for themselves and this vulnerability brings the audience to like the characters. Melanie Griffith is un-expectedly excellent as the older woman and the overall acting and direction is very well done. You believe this story and that keeps you interested and involved until the end. The movie itself is not for the faint-at-heart but it is a definite un-heralded gem in the independent film-making world and should be viewed.