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The unlikely relationship between a pregnant high school student and a brooding electronics repairman lies at the center of this droll comedy from writer-director Hal Hartley. Intelligent but unconven... read more read more...tional, Maria (Adrienne Shelly) has more to worry about than her pregnancy, as her expectant state drives away her boyfriend and triggers a fatal heart attack in her father. Meanwhile, Matthew (Martin Donovan) has his own problems: an abusive father, a heightened sense of morality that prevents him from taking semi-lucrative television repair jobs, and a suicidal streak that causes him to carry around a potentially deadly grenade. The meeting of these troubled minds at first promises to be beneficial for both, but sours as they are forced to interact with each other's dysfunctional families. As in all of Hartley's pictures, the narrative is filtered through an amusingly detached sensibility that some may consider an acquired taste. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Hal Hartley

Release Date: June 1, 1991

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DVD Release Date: February 20, 1992

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  • dreamfaeries
    May 14, 2008
    dreamfaeries
    I liked it.
  • Doctor0Quinzel
    January 2, 2008
    Doctor0Quinzel
    I saw this movie a while back on IFC and I really liked it. This movie is quirky and the dialogue is great.
  • tomoeDave
    September 14, 2010
    tomoeDave
    I take a dissenting view on this film. First, I don't find it to be as much of a masterpiece as all of the dozens of swooning Hartley fans do. But I also don't see its stylings as crude lack of craft. The odd, noir-esque pacing of the dialogue, and its numb, nearly-emotionless de... read morelivery, seems intentional to me. I think that is Hartley's style. That said, it's wholly inappropriate and poorly-executed. It has the effect of making the characters seem as if they're trying to be DEEP and INTERESTING, as if everything they were saying was ironic. They're not, of course, being ironic, so when you rub off this sheen, there is not much left to the story.

    In addition to this, it's clear that Hartley has a bone to pick with parents, in general, for some reason. The parents in this script were selfish and manipulative creatures who lacked the capacity to show compassion for their children and instead were either cruelly abusive or cruelly opportunistic, and capable only of projecting onto their hapless progeny some hopeless dreams and desires. This added to the overall sense of fake depth. Nonetheless, I could not stop watching it. I had to know what happened. But I felt dragged to the finish line, rather than coaxed, and having gotten there I realized I didn't feel that the journey was necessary. What dragged me there, however, is a different story - interesting camera work, unique (and sometimes edgy, sincere) dialogue, and somewhat likable main characters. Clearly, much good effort was displayed, even if the entire composition suffered.
  • sitenoise
    May 29, 2008
    sitenoise
    Post modern disgust at its finest and most endearing. Hal Hartley at his best. Nobody acts in this film, they just deliver lines. Lead character carries around a hand grenade at all times ... "just in case."
  • lipanwrangler
    October 25, 2007
    lipanwrangler
    Very strange. A whole new type of directing and film making. Hal Hartley is the man, and so is Martin Donovan. Adrienne Shelley is also the fire.
  • jujubean218
    May 22, 2007
    jujubean218
    So odd, but so intriguing. Everytime that it is on IFC I end up watching it, even if I have other things that I hould be doing.
  • Heatherlinnmeadows
    March 27, 2007
    Heatherlinnmeadows
    I watched this movie repeatedly on bravo, the second indie movie i ever saw, it is a calm sweet little movie.
  • xxx29a
    March 6, 2007
    xxx29a
    The story line is simple, but the actors are so good and the cut so well paced that it makes a really moving cinematic experience.
    This is simply excellent - the demonstration that a love story can be crazy good and not drown in horrible standards.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
May 18, 2007
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

[An] astringently funny second feature. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
January 9, 2007
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

Reflecting idiosyncratic sensibility, Hal Hartley's families don't look like Hollywood or TV families: When a father calls his daughter a slut, and she slaps him, he drops dead. Full Review

Derek Smith
April 23, 2005
Derek Smith, Cinematic Reflections

A bold film that defies logic and the rules of screenwriting Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
January 13, 2004
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It's Woody Allen with gentile instead of Jewish neurotic characters. Full Review

Walter Chaw
November 6, 2002
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

Best comedy of the nineties

Una LaMarche
October 28, 2011
Una LaMarche, New York Observer

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Owen Gleiberman
September 7, 2011
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

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Mick LaSalle
April 22, 2011
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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Lisa Schwarzbaum
April 7, 2011
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

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Peter Rainer
April 2, 2011
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

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