Synopsis
In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law convinces his blue-collar dad to send him to a Connecticut prep school. The one saving grace of the new school is Jane, a fellow student Tim falls for immediately.
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Cast
- Shawn HatosyTim Dunphy
- Amy SmartJane Weston
- Alec BaldwinOld Man Dunphy
- Jon Abrahams"Drugs" Delaney
- Richard JenkinsBarney
- George WendtJoey
- Robert TuranoFran
- Gabriel MannJack Wheeler
- George MartinDean Mort
- Libby LangdonTim's mother
Recommendations
- 90
Salon
Wonderful...It's funny and offbeat, sometimes raucous, but it still manages to come at you in gentle layers. - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Despite its familiar formula, feels fresh. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Like Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused," Outside Providence reminisces vividly, recalling the era fondly but not with too much sugar. - 75
Baltimore Sun
Possesses memorable portrayals of thoroughly original characters and draws a beguilingly bleak portrait of its Rhode Island settings. - 70
Rolling Stone
Baldwin is a marvel in a casting surprise that pays off. - 60
Film.com
Entertaining as it often is, Outside Providence feels as if it were a collection of installments from an unusually raunchy television series. - 58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Outside of a smart performance by Shawn Hatosy as Tim Dunphy, there just isn't much that's enlightening or new in this intimate recollection. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The story is lively and energetic, if you can take its raunchy jokes and rowdy behavior.
