Synopsis
After failing to find success as a writer in New York City, Jim slinks back to his family's home in the Midwest to lick his wounds. But his visit is quickly complicated when his angst spreads to his brother, Tim, who promptly decides to drive his car straight into a tree. Under the shadow of his sibling's injurious actions, Jim strikes up an unlikely friendship with Anika, whose centered small-town wisdom gradually rubs off on him.
Votre Filmothèque
Cast
- Casey AffleckJim
- Kevin CorriganTim
- Liv TylerAnika
- Mary Kay PlaceSally
- Seymour CasselDon
- Rachel StrouseRachel
- Sarah StrouseSarah
- Rick DuplissieBar Patron
- Mark Boone JuniorEvil
- Jake La BotzPhillip - Welder
Recommandations
- 75
Rolling Stone
Buscemi does not act in Lonesome Jim, but his sly humor and keen eye for nuance resonate in every frame. I can't recall having a better time at a movie about depression. - 75
Premiere
With a cast of well-chosen actors, a good script, and an eye for making ordinary suburban scenes visually heartbreaking, director Steve Buscemi's small story of failure, depression-and ultimately, love-in one Indiana town rings painfully true-to-life. - 70
Film Threat
Affleck is dead on as the hapless Jim but the film is nearly stolen from him by Mark Boone Jr. who plays Jim's drug induced Uncle Evil. Kevin Corrigan is also great as Jim's brother Tim. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Under Buscemi's overall smart direction, the acting is terrific. - 60
Variety
There's a slightness to the mildly eccentric material here that leaves the whole enterprise in danger of fluttering away. - 58
Christian Science Monitor
Mostly a snooze. Maybe if Buscemi himself had starred in it things would have turned out better. - 50
Village Voice
Lonesome Jim has the import of a deliberately squelched sitcom, or a home movie that's poisoned by unhappiness but shown anyway for stray laughs. - 50
The A.V. Club
It finds some fine comedic moments when it stops focusing on Affleck's never-ending angst and starts exploring small-town oddness.
