A tug-of-war over a modest San Francisco bungalow turns deadly in this over-baked adaptation of Andre Dubus III's 1999 novel. Miserable after being dumped by her husband, recovering coke-head Kathy Lazaro (Jennifer Connelly) wakes up to a bigger nightmare the morning deputies from the Pacific County Sheriff's Department evict her from her small house for non-payment of back taxes. It seems that somewhere in that pile of mail Kathy's left unopened was a series of threatening notices from the county warning that if Kathy doesn't cough up $500 soon, she'll be out on the street. Deputy Sheriff Lester Burdon (Ron Eldard), a married man who's got cheating on his mind, help...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
126 mins