A Slipping-Down Life
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- Synopsis
- Making its world premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, this story adapted for the screen and directed by first-timer Toni Kalem is based on the Anne Tyler novel of the same name. The story deals with finding love in a dead-end life....
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- Starring
- Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, John Hawkes, Sara Rue, Irma P. Hall
- Director(s)
- Toni Kalem
- Distributor(s)
- Lions Gate Films
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 111 min.
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Critic Reviews
The movie is not a great dramatic statement, but you know that from the modesty of the title. It is about movement in emotional waters that had long been still. Taylor makes it work because she quietly suggests that when Evie's life has stalled, something drastic was needed to shock her back into action, and the carving worked as well as anything. Read the full review
The casting of Taylor gives the film a powerful center, a bright light that keeps it on course. Read the full review
Although mood often substitutes for momentum in Ms. Kalem's film, both of her stars give affecting performances, and there's growth on both sides of the unlikely romance.Read the full review
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