This sober-minded coming-of-age film was directed with fussy care by Martin Donovan. Though set in America, this misbegotten movie resembles a depressing British art film in the tradition of THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (1962) but without the liberating, kitchen-sink realism of those pioneering '60s films. Ever since divorcing her control-freak husband, Roger Ellis (Gabriel Byrne), Charlotte (Nastassja Kinski) has focused her energy on raising her three sons and two daughters. Although basically good-hearted, 18-year-old Leon (Johnny Whitworth) has inherited his father's love of hell-raising. Afraid that he's setting a bad example for his younger siblin...
Released:
1999
Rated:
R
Length:
n/a