A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely seen younger brother returns to town.A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely seen younger brother returns to town.A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely seen younger brother returns to town.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 30 wins & 43 nominations total
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- TriviaKenneth Lonergan plays Minister Ron in two major scenes counseling Terry at Sammy's house, and then counseling Sammy in his office. Since Lonergan had a lot of dialogue in those two scenes, he turned over the directing to Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo, respectively.
- GoofsThe pancakes on the son's dish skip around from side to side in each shot as he and his mom are talking.
- Crazy creditsJeffrey Sharp would like to dedicate his work on this film to his mother, Virginia Sharp Albright, with love and admiration.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Beach/Snow Day/Holy Smoke (2000)
- SoundtracksAus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben
from St. Matthew Passion
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Rheinische Kantorei (Choir) and Das Kleine Konzert (Orchestra)
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft mbH, Hamburg
Under License from Universal Music Special Markets
Featured review
I don't. This is just one of Those Movies, y'know? Shot for shot it's great. The cinematography definitely knows what it's doing and it's VERY mindful of itself in such a way that we can ignore it if we're not paying attention to it. As such, the camera steps out of the way and we're free to absorb the story, as simple as it may be. Man... I honestly loved this movie. The acting was top-notch, the principles were great and everyone else was cast so perfectly that every second of the film just falls into place. Just go see it. Please. Mark Ruffalo gives a fantastic performance as an Unfamous, Untalented Bob Dylan. The script is not heavy-handed. It's charming without being aware of itself. It's just a really really good film in the style of good films (re: The Sweet Hereafter) that's going the way of the dodo under the weight of these iconoclastic Hollywood heavy hitters (re: Shaymalan et al). Such a good film. So good.
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,416,804
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $118,170
- Nov 12, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $11,242,521
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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