There are many great movies about California — THE GRAPES OF WRATH, KISS ME DEADLY, CHINATOWN — and if novelist-turned-director Mike Cahill's look at the current state of the Golden State isn't quite an American masterpiece, it's beautifully done and a needed reminder of exactly why Michael Douglas is a movie star.
For the past two years, 16-year-old Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) has worked double shifts at McDonald's to cover the rent on the family home, keeping Child Services and Child Welfare at cross-purposes so neither agency notices that she's entirely on her own. Her mother, a successful hand model, left years earlier, when life with her jazz-...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
96 mins