Lymelife

    Lymelife
    2008

    Synopsis

    A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his father, his mother, and his brother, are not exactly who he thought they were. They are flawed and they are human.

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    Cast

    • Alec BaldwinMickey Bartlett
    • Emma RobertsAdriana Bragg
    • Kieran CulkinJimmy Bartlett
    • Cynthia NixonMelissa Bragg
    • Rory CulkinScott Bartlett
    • Jill HennessyBrenda Bartlett
    • Timothy HuttonCharlie Bragg
    • Logan HuffmanBlaze Salado
    • Brandon Thane WilsonStuart
    • Adam ScarimboloTodd O'Leary

    Recommendations

    • 88

      New York Post

      Lymelife, set amid marital decay and teen frustration, isn't quite the "American Beauty" of the 516 area code, but it'll do.
    • 80

      Variety

      Intense perfs by Rory Culkin and Alec Baldwin are standouts in a movie that brims with vivid supporting turns.
    • 75

      Rolling Stone

      Even when the drama gets overcooked, Lymelife sends off sparks.
    • 75

      USA Today

      It's a family drama that treads on well-worn middle-class territory but is redeemed by the complexity of the characters and the intriguing ambiguity of their actions.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      A period suburban rites-of-passage story with a pitch-perfect cast.
    • 70

      The New York Times

      Despite such floundering, Lymelife keeps you hooked, mostly through Mr. Hutton, Mr. Baldwin and Kieran Culkin as Scott's older brother, Jimmy.
    • 70

      Salon

      Lymelife offers charm and humor through its young central characters and pathos through its remarkable supporting cast, without pulling punches on its overall atmosphere of autumnal darkness and anomie.
    • 70

      Los Angeles Times

      Scott's coming-of-age bumblings form the piece's narrative rhythm. But the most affecting moments come from Mickey's midlife machinations: Baldwin, who also produced the film, has his best role since "The Cooler."

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