Lonesome Jim
by Steve Buscemi
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Actor: Casey Affleck, Kevin Corrigan, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Seymour CasselDirector: Steve Buscemi
Brand: Genius
Producer: Anna Waterhouse
Producer: Caroline Kaplan
Producer: Celine Rattray
Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Producer: Derrick Tseng
Producer: Emily Gardiner
Writer: James C. Strouse
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 79544
Studio: Ifc
Product features:
- Steve Buscemi's seamless direction and James C. Strouse's thoughtful script paint a picture of working-class characters filled with the comedy and rich details of everyday life. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR Age: 796019795449 UPC: 796019795449 Manufacturer No: 79544
Movie Reviews of Lonesome Jim
Movie Review: Good Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
"Lonesome Jim" is directed by Steve Buscemi (it's his third film, I haven't seen the other two) and in this film he proves that he's not just one of the finest actors alive but he's also a good director. Lonesome Jim is (and Buscemi even admitted it) pretty short on plot, summing it up in a few words would be simple. But it's slightly more complex than that and is pretty damn funny and has a lot of heart. Remember the film "Five Easy Pieces." I'm not putting this film in the same category, but both movies are simple yet complex. Casey Affleck has been around about as long as his brother Ben, but rarely do you see him in lead roles. He's not leading man material, due to his skinny frame and wimpy voice. This role is perfect for him, because Jim is a pretty weak, small, and wimpy guy. Jim is a writer, who failed to make it in New York and is forced to move back in with his parents. His mother Sally (Mary Kay Place) is that typical movie mom. Overbearing, really sweet, and rather clueless. His father, Don (Seymour Cassel) is the typical movie dad. Doesn't really care. Jim also has a brother Tim (Kevin Corrigan, playing the same part he played in Buffalo 66 and TV's Grounded for Life. There's not a scene in this film where he doesn't look stoned) and figuring out who's a bigger failure is actually pretty difficult. At one point, Jim marvels to Tim
"I'm a f**k up. But you're a tragedy." Tim still lives with Sally and Don, has two daughters, coaches a girls basketball team that always loses, and works for a dollar over minimum wage. After Jim's speech, Tim crashes his car into a tree. The love story of Lonesome Jim is between Tim and Anika (Liv Tyler, who looks gorgeous), a nurse and mother of one. After meeting in a bar, we're led to one of the funniest (if not rather predictable) sex scenes I've seen in a while. For Liv Tyler fantatics, a quick side-note. There is no nudity. There's also the sub-plot about Evil (Mark Boone Junior), a man who works in Sally's factory dappling in drugs which eventually gets Sally arrested. The movie isn't hysterically funny, but one of those toned-down subtle comedies.
It's not one of the best movies of the year, but it's definitely worth checking out. My biggest complaint is the cinematography. Out of the three films I've seen from IFC films (the other two being Sorry, Haters and Manderlay). It's not unbearable, but I don't know when it became "independent film law" to shoot with this lens.
GRADE: A-
Summary of Lonesome Jim
Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 01/23/2007 Run time: 87 minutes Rating: RSimilar DVD Movies
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