Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.
- Awards
- 9 wins & 16 nominations
Wally Dalton
- Security Guard
- (as Walter Dalton)
Roger D. Faires
- Recycler in Wheelchair
- (as Roger Faires)
Marilyn Faith Hickey
- Police Administrator
- (as Marilyn Hickey)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Kelly Reichardt was worried that Michelle Williams was "too pretty" to play the role. She asked Williams to go without makeup and not wash her hair for two weeks during filming.
- GoofsIt is very hard to believe that an animal shelter in the middle of nowhere would not know that a dog was there because of a clerical error..
- Quotes
Security Guard: You can't get a address without an address. You can't get a job without a job.
Featured review
This laconic indie film can put you to sleep in you're not in the right frame of mind. Turn off the phone. Stop checking Facebook. Set aside 1:20 to just concentrate. Lean and simple--but not simplistic--this tells a story that rends any heart still beating, yet it does it quietly, with dignity and without dramatics. Lucy is the key. The cruelty around Wendy is appalling, always doubling down to smash one of life's apparent losers. There's the young creep, lacking a shred of empathy or insight, who blithely declares that if she couldn't afford Lucy, Wendy shouldn't have her.
Yet, ultimately what Wendy does with Lucy is the key to the rest of her life. What will happen to Wendy? No one knows for sure. That's a deliberate ambiguity. If you wanted a clear resolution, you'll have to watch a different film. It takes awhile to get where it is going--something that pierces the heart and creates echoes of calamity as well as growth--but it gets there. Consider the slow pace a journey as well as a destination.
Yet, ultimately what Wendy does with Lucy is the key to the rest of her life. What will happen to Wendy? No one knows for sure. That's a deliberate ambiguity. If you wanted a clear resolution, you'll have to watch a different film. It takes awhile to get where it is going--something that pierces the heart and creates echoes of calamity as well as growth--but it gets there. Consider the slow pace a journey as well as a destination.
- MonsieurMS
- Feb 23, 2019
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $865,695
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,218
- Dec 14, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $1,192,995
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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