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Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi, Eli Marienthal, Robert Burke, Jeanetta Arnette ... see more see more... , Randy Quaid , Jim McBride

Jesse Peretz made his directorial debut with this intimate romantic drama adapted from a short story by Ian McEwan, switching McEwan's setting from an industrial English seaside town to the Louisiana ... read more read more...bayou. Joey (Giovanni Ribisi) and Sissel (Natasha Gregson Wagner) live in a drab house on stilts, along with Sissel's lonely younger brother Adrian (Eli Marienthal). After Sissel introduces Joey to her father, Vietnam-vet Henry (Robert John Burke), the two men form a business catching eels. However, mistrust, anxieties, and arguments threaten the love Joey and Sissel share, and they begin to drift apart. Shown at the 1997 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: Jesse Peretz

Release Date: August 7, 1998

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DVD Release Date: February 16, 1999

 

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  • jam233
    June 3, 2010
    jam233
    This is a strange movie. The young stars spend a lot of time at home being bored, then they have sex, get bored again, listen to a phonograph, have sex, get bored again, talk, talk and talk. Natasha Gregson Wagner looks and sounds so much like her mother sometimes it is eerie. Sl... read moreow moving, I think it was meant to be that way, perhaps to get the feeling of swampy Louisiana. Wagner's character is very unappealing, and it really hurts the film, but I liked her performance. Offbeat, and it sure doesn't make you feel warm all over.There didn't seem to be much point to the film.

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Emanuel Levy
August 16, 2011
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

Jesse Peretz's feature directing debut is a dull portrait of an idyllic first love between two misfits. Full Review

Ethan Alter
January 1, 2000
Ethan Alter, Film Journal International

Watching the film is an experience more akin to being trapped in a dying relationship: lifeless, painful and unbearably dull. Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum
September 7, 2011
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

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Emanuel Levy
March 26, 2009
Emanuel Levy, Variety

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Peter Stack
January 1, 2000
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle

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Stephen Holden
January 1, 2000
Stephen Holden, New York Times

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Stanley Kauffmann
January 1, 2000
Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic

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David Poland
July 26, 2002
David Poland, Hot Button

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