A young married woman (Parker) sells her body, not just for money, to guests at the motel where she works as a receptionist.A young married woman (Parker) sells her body, not just for money, to guests at the motel where she works as a receptionist.A young married woman (Parker) sells her body, not just for money, to guests at the motel where she works as a receptionist.
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- 3 wins & 8 nominations
Katie Keating
- Young Girl
- (as Mary Kate Welsh)
Sarah-Jane Redmond
- Bonnie
- (as Sarah Jane Redmond)
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- TriviaLynne Stopkewich said that Gary, as written on paper, was more one-dimensional, but Callum Keith Rennie was determined to make him more real, so he added genuine feelings of confusion/remorse to Gary's apology.
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Written by Michael Chase & Bill Marchant
Performed by The Michael Chase Band
From the album "Odlum" (SOCAN)
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Distasteful film with Miserable Characters
This is a rather distasteful indie film from Canadian director Lynn Stopkewich. Set in Washington state, where apparently it rains all the time, it features Molly Parker as a hooker motel clerk who is trying to raise money to escape her dreary life. One of her clients, Callum Keith Rennie, appears to be her ticket out of dullsville, but turns out to be her worst nightmare. To describe these people as dysfunctional does dysfunctional people a disservice. The movie is populated by characters would make even Jerry Springer blush - drunks, cheaters and physically abusive men. The only missing deviant behavior here is incest and necrophilia, and that's only because Miss Parker has already covered the latter in 1996's Kissed for the same director. Parker and Rennie are remarkable actors, and Stopkewich is a capable director who isn't afraid to push the envelope and take chances with her craft. I only wish they would have given us something to aspire to instead of dredging up the seedy lives of these miserable characters.
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- mrchaos33
- Apr 21, 2003
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- Gross worldwide
- $1,350
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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