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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792868194
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792868196
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 19833
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Description:
Oscar(r) winner* Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York) is 'a joy to watch' (Newsday) as a defiant idealist in this 'moving, often hilariouscoming-of-age story' (Vogue) from writer-director Rebecca Miller (Personal Velocity). Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich), Camilla Belle (Practical Magic), Beau Bridges (The Fabulous Baker Boys), Jason Lee (Almost Famous) and Jena Malone (Saved!) co-star. Jack (Day-Lewis) and his 16-year-old daughter Rose (Belle) live in relative isolation on a beautiful island off the East Coast. When he invites his mainland girlfriend (Keener) and her two teenage sons to come live with them, it is Rose's first exposure to society - and sexuality. As worlds collide, the consequences will threaten not only Jack and Rose's way of life but also their unusually close bond. *1989: Actor, My Left Foot.
Amazon.com:
Soured radical Jack (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his adoring daughter Rose (Camilla Belle) have formed an unsettling degree of happy intimacy in an abandoned commune. But Jack's heart condition leaves him fearful of what will happen to Rose when he dies; to create a family, he invites home his secret girlfriend Kathleen (Catherine Keener, Lovely and Amazing) and her two sons, one overweight and neurotic (Ryan McDonald), the other an aspiring thug (Paul Dano). The collision of cultures and personalities leads to disaster--but this movie is so honestly written and vividly acted that it's impossible not to be drawn in. Great work from Day-Lewis and Keener is no surprise, but Belle matches them as a near wild-child confronting the compromises and conflicting desires of adult life. The perfectly pitched cast also includes Jena Malone (Saved), Jason Lee (Mumford), and Beau Bridges (The Fabulous Baker Boys). Writer/director Rebecca Miller (Personal Velocity) has a gift for both hope and heartbreak. This is only the third film of what promises to be a long and rich career. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - It's A Shame...
I am a huge fan of Daniel Day-Lewis and I think he is the most talented actor I have ever scene. Part of his intelligence comes from picking movies that he wants to do rather than going for the easy money. He doesn't work that often and I have read stories about directors and other actors basically begging him to be in a film. With that said I think he made a mistake by being in this movie. This is his wife's movie and I heard that he didn't want to be in it until he finally broke down and agreed. ... Read More
Rating:  - Slice of Life - well done
Small independent films either grab you or they don't. I liked this film because Daniel Day Lewis creates a character who isn't perfect but realizes the consequences of his choices on his daughter. Some may think there is incest involved, but I feel that because Jack and Rose live in an isolated environment they become very close. Jack realizes that Rose needs to learn to socialize with others, especially since he has a heart condition. Rose does not like the change of bringing other people into ... Read More
Rating:  - What a strange little movie
If your wife bought it a year or two ago and you've both been avoiding watching it since then and she doesn't know why she bought it at all and refuses to remember doing so and you're looking at that name and being really turned off by ballads and a possible Titanic reference, just quit procrastinating and pop it into your DVD player. It's not as bad as all that.
If you haven't bought it, I wouldn't rush out to the store or the Amazon shopping cart for it, but if you have it, go ahead and ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent. Daniel-Day Lewis is amazing
Wishing to be free from the contemporary world, Jack and his teenaged daughter Rose live virtually self-sufficiently and alone on a small island off the East Coast.
However, all is not well in his utopia lately, as his health is failing rapidly and housing developments are beginning to encroach on his borders. It is now that he is realizing that being cloistered away may not be in the best interests of everyone, triggered by Rose's frighteningly sincere revelation to kill herself when he dies ... Read More
Rating: - It is quite a beautiful ballad to tell...
It is a true statement that this film gets better with time. When I first saw it I was a little turned off by it, but I think that's because I didn't really understand it, nor did I appreciate its strangely disturbing undertones. But the one thing I couldn't help but notice was Camilla Belle's magnificent performance. It was that performance that urged me to rewatch this film a second time, so that my wife could experience just how stunning Belle truly is here. It was during that second viewing that I began ... Read More
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792868194
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792868196
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 19833
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 2004