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A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Daniel Ross Owens
- Young Vince
- (as Daniel Ross)
Glen Powell
- John Jaegerman
- (as Glen Powell Jr.)
Alexandra Daddario
- Kim
- (as Alexandra Daddorio)
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- TriviaColombian actress Catalina Sandino Moreno said in an interview with Reuters that she struggled with her decision to be naked for the first time for the sex scenes because she didn't have a "Hollywood body." "I'm not that skinny. I will never be that skinny. So it was kind of weird. I'm not perfect, I have this," she said, grabbing her thighs. "Then I realized every time you watch a movie where a girl gets naked, it's perfect, she's a model and it's not true. It's not real. It was kind of like a big thing for me to just go for it, to take my clothes off and be me. It was something that I really thought about, to do or not to do. Then I just said ... I'll do it. I'm normal, it's not a big deal."
- Quotes
Jesse: [to William in the restaurant] A lot of bad shit is gonna happen to you. People are not gonna love you back, and if you're serious about becoming an artist, that's the first thing you should learn. And, listen, you're gonna die, okay? Relatively soon, okay? So, that being said, you have nothing to worry about.
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Middle-of-the-road enjoyable, yet subtly insightful
I've liked Hawke as an actor but didn't go into this film with high expectations. I was surprised at how competently this was made. While it covers fairly safe territory - a romantic drama - it does it with nice visuals and some originality. The protagonist William (Mark Webber) is a bit of a slacker, yet he was introspective enough to try to resolve some of his own issues when his lover Sarah (Catalina Sandino Moreno) splits and leaves him broken-hearted. The fact that this was tackled from the male perspective, and grappled with some psychological insight gave the film some gravitas. Mind you, how deeply a twenty-one year old can delve into his psyche is another thing.
I found the film quite enjoyable, more than superficial, but still largely in the "middle-of-the-road" category - not that that's a bad thing. The cinematography was great, and there were nice camera angles. The music was nice but sometimes a little intrusive. While it's the type of film that's likely to do well at Sundance (maybe it has, I don't know), it's a lot better than the quirky comedies like Little Miss Sunshine et al. This film could do well on general release and was an OK film to add some variation to my MIFF viewings, but nothing to rave about. A good effort by Hawke (who is also a guest speaker at the festival).
I found the film quite enjoyable, more than superficial, but still largely in the "middle-of-the-road" category - not that that's a bad thing. The cinematography was great, and there were nice camera angles. The music was nice but sometimes a little intrusive. While it's the type of film that's likely to do well at Sundance (maybe it has, I don't know), it's a lot better than the quirky comedies like Little Miss Sunshine et al. This film could do well on general release and was an OK film to add some variation to my MIFF viewings, but nothing to rave about. A good effort by Hawke (who is also a guest speaker at the festival).
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,216
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,545
- Aug 26, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $137,341
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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