Synopsis
A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
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Cast
- Rip TornAlan James
- Dina KorzunLaura
- Darren E. BurrowsMichael James
- Paprika SteenLonni
- Red WestDuigan
- Jenny O'HaraCelia
- Andrew HendersonSam James
- Elizabeth MortonCindy
- Joanne PankowAunt Betty
- Arielle KightTeenage Singer
Recommendations
- 90
Salon
A compelling family melodrama somewhat in the manner of late John Cassavetes or early Robert Altman…the film combines high production values, terrific acting and a distinctively American lyricism in a combination you hardly ever see these days. - 90
The New York Times
Alan, who Mr. Sachs has said was based on his own father, is a great character - passionate, complicated, bursting with life. Those words also describe Mr. Torn's performance. - 80
The A.V. Club
Investing a lot of time on each corner of his three-sided character piece, director Ira Sachs (who co-wrote the film with Michael Rohatyn) has created a film as dramatically intense as it is opaque. - 80
L.A. Weekly
This is still powerful, undiluted stuff -- a jolt of backwoods moonshine whiskey injected into the veins of the atrophied American relationship drama. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Sachs has pulled off a film of inferences and intimations, thanks largely to the casting of accomplished actors. - 75
New York Post
Rip Torn gives his best performance in years. - 70
Variety
A muted but nicely observed study of a Russian woman's gradual estrangement from her domineering Memphis music-legend husband. - 60
Village Voice
It's Korzun's film, and she is in complete control of her character, never divulging too much of the haunted woman under the studied facade of American hotsiness.
