Nobody's Baby
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Actor: Gary Oldman, Gordon Tootoosis, Mary Steenburgen, Radha Mitchell, Skeet UlrichDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Live / Artisan
Movie Reviews of Nobody's Baby
Movie Review: WOW
Summary: 5 Stars
Like everyone else, I discovered this film by accident. I've seen it twice now and I would love to see it a few more times. It was such a delight. I've been waiting for Skeet Ulrich to give another performance as endearing as his wonderful turn in "Touch" and I think he did it here. He has the most amazingly innocent eyes and no matter what the situation in this movie, you always trust Billy's intentions, if not his judgment.
Billy Raedeen and Buford Dill met in reform school. Buford, played by the magnificent chameleon, Gary Oldman, is an older boy with a criminal streak. He's not a bad ass, just an oportunist. He enlists young Billy in his schemes and the two of them land in jail repeatedly. At the kickoff of our story, they've been busted once again for hanging out in a small-town post office with a sixer of PBR, reading peoples' mail. In court, they barely take anything seriously until the judge decides that they're clearly a bad influence on each other and need to be sent to separate prisons. Fortunately, the boys are freed during someone else's jailbreak. Although that separation they so dreaded does occur.
On a deserted highway, Billy thumbs for a ride and a family stops, ostensibly to pick him up. They are running on a flat tire and the patriarch of the unruly brood offers to take Billy along if he fixes the flat. He obliges, but he's stiffed for the ride. Later that night, in the midst of a rainstorm, Billy sits miserably in the open back of a truck. The family's station wagon appears behind him, trying in vain to pass the truck. Billy decides a little revenge is in order so he laughs and moons the dad. Enraged, cursing and flipping Billy off, the man drives his car off the road and slams it into a bridge. Startled, the truck driver hits the wall under the overpass and gets stuck there. Billy jumps out and tries to save the family. Only their infant can be removed from the wreckage before it explodes.
And that's only the beginning!
This is a terrific comedy. Terribly sweet but with a Coenesque edge. The actors are terrific. You will love all these characters. Well, except for Vern and maybe Sonny, but that's by design. Listen for the wisdom of the Dog. Enjoy the sheer adorability of Skeet Unlrich's smile, that cutie-pie baby, and the lovely Radha Mitchell. Behold a Gary Oldman character you have truly never, ever seen the likes of before. And be sure to stick around for his country-western two-step over the credits with Mary Steenburgen. Mary, Mary. What can I say about Mary? She's always amazing. This character is 180 degrees from her current role on the superb "Joan Of Arcadia".
There are some really fun cameos that people have already mentioned and the tone is mostly light and fast-paced. But beware that there is a lot of salty language, some nudity and a few spurts of violence. Still, all-in-all, everything works out well for the people you love in the film. And that's why I think we find this flick so satisfying. The ending leaves you with a tear of joy in your eye and big smile on your face. And how many movies can we say that about these days?
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