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Modern-day Southern Gothic
This is one of those Southern Gothic flicks involving family secrets in a small town with characters and events that make your skin crawl, yet you just can't stop watching. About halfway through you'll think you've got it all figured out but one or two of the revelations towards the end will probably take you by surprise.
Little Boy Blue
Great Movie from beginning to end.All the actors did a great job with an ending that will blow you away

Compelling
This movie is one of my top 5 favorites.Although I tend to like the romantics, this movie is gripping and superbly acted by Ryan Philippe.It does contain stong violence and strong sexual materials.I wish it was available in a DVD version. ... Read more

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Great atmospheric movie.
I don't know much about Schizophrenia so I wouldn't know if this movie is on the ball about this disease.I actually think that this movie is more about loss than about Schizophrenia itself.It's nice to have a movie where the disease is not the main character. you say obscure, I say incoherent
If there is some point to director Antonio Tibaldi's film, which he cowrote with Gill Denniss and John Frizzell, then it is beyond my comprehension. As a student at a Canadian private boys school, Matthew Ferguson seems like an average healthy child, so when we hear his mother is a schizophrenic, our expectations are raised. Ferguson's father has divorced and remarried, so we assume the schizophrenia is the cause, but in spite of Judy Davis as the mother providing some murky undertones, we don't really see any change in the son. Yes, he has a nightmare about the stereotypical asylum he associates with his mother, but he also dreams of a friend's girlfriend. Even when Davis visits Ferguson and they spend a night together, nothing radical happens. In a scene with his father, Ferguson is unafraid to express his anger and he acts the same way with Davis, so Tibaldi's vague notion of Davis' illness somehow being passed on to her son has no credibility. For a schizophrenic, Davis seems remarkably well, understandably emotional on seeing her son, but hardly belonging in that nightmare asylum. The climactic news seems ridiculous, almost the act of desperate screenwriters, and the symbolic conclusion unjustified. One scene where Ferguson, his friend and the girlfriend all dance together, each touching each other, I was hoping would lead to something. Although having his own gang, we presume that Ferguson's friendship with this new boy based on their shared love of soccer has deeper significance, but as in the dance scene, there is no payoff. The boy lingers around Ferguson, and though I knew in my heart that a homosexual relationship wasn't to be, even when the girlfriend expresses mixed feelings about the boy which undermine us seeing him as a stud, things are left unresolved, unexplained, indicative of the film as a whole. I only wish I had got as much out of the experience as Leonard Maltin, who's response is frankly inexplicable. ... Read more

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I played a small role in this film
and I have to say that this is the worst movie I have ever seen. I watched alot of the scenes being filmed and I can tell you that in her cocaine induced state she still can't act. I own it only because it reminds me of the days that I had long red hair... yeah that is me the amateur porn girl heheheh

Rent it, don't buy it.
I can honestly say that this movie wasn't interesting in the slightest.The only reason that I even watched it is that my best friend and I were extras in this movie.We were in the strip club scenes.It was great. I almost hit Christina in the face with a pool stick once.It was first going to be called "Claudine's Return" but they changed it.I wish someone had told me.I had to find out several years later from a friend of mine who found it on the internet.I thought that the movie had been scrapped or something.When I finally watched it, it bored me so much I had to fast-foward it to the scene that we were in.My friend did the same thing.Christina did a great job acting though.She has great talent but made a bad choice in making this movie.If they had chosen a different actress to play Claudine, it wouldn't even be worth renting.

Beautiful film... Great for Christina Applegate fans
I bought this DVD because I am a HUGE fan of Christina Applegate, and it was well worth the price. The film is really beautiful, but the standout thing here is Christina's performance. She does an amazing job as Claudine, a woman trying to escape her past. Now, we come to one of the reasons I gave the film four stars: What past was Claudine trying to escape? That was never really said in the movie, and it would have been better if it was. Claudine is a laundry-girl by day and exotic dancer by night. Christina has a really good dance sequence early in the film. A young Italian man, Stefano, begins to work at the inn that Claudine works at during the day, and he goes to the club where she dances one night. Claudine and Stefano form a relationship, but problems come along, and their relationship is tested. This is a very dramatic, dark movie, and it makes me sad every time I Watch it, but sad in a good way. Christina proves here that she really is one of the best actresses of this generation (one of the best ever, in my opinion). I would reccomend this film to anyone who wants to see a beautiful drama, or anyone who likes Christina. In the end, there are a few questions that the viewer will have, though. I found that watching it a second time helped me understand, and I noticed a lot of things that I missed the first time, but that is another reason I gave it four stars, because there are still a few unanswered questions in the end. ... Read more

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I played a small role in this film
and I have to say that this is the worst movie I have ever seen. I watched alot of the scenes being filmed and I can tell you that in her cocaine induced state she still can't act. I own it only because it reminds me of the days that I had long red hair... yeah that is me the amateur porn girl heheheh

Rent it, don't buy it.
I can honestly say that this movie wasn't interesting in the slightest.The only reason that I even watched it is that my best friend and I were extras in this movie.We were in the strip club scenes.It was great. I almost hit Christina in the face with a pool stick once.It was first going to be called "Claudine's Return" but they changed it.I wish someone had told me.I had to find out several years later from a friend of mine who found it on the internet.I thought that the movie had been scrapped or something.When I finally watched it, it bored me so much I had to fast-foward it to the scene that we were in.My friend did the same thing.Christina did a great job acting though.She has great talent but made a bad choice in making this movie.If they had chosen a different actress to play Claudine, it wouldn't even be worth renting.

Beautiful film... Great for Christina Applegate fans
I bought this DVD because I am a HUGE fan of Christina Applegate, and it was well worth the price. The film is really beautiful, but the standout thing here is Christina's performance. She does an amazing job as Claudine, a woman trying to escape her past. Now, we come to one of the reasons I gave the film four stars: What past was Claudine trying to escape? That was never really said in the movie, and it would have been better if it was. Claudine is a laundry-girl by day and exotic dancer by night. Christina has a really good dance sequence early in the film. A young Italian man, Stefano, begins to work at the inn that Claudine works at during the day, and he goes to the club where she dances one night. Claudine and Stefano form a relationship, but problems come along, and their relationship is tested. This is a very dramatic, dark movie, and it makes me sad every time I Watch it, but sad in a good way. Christina proves here that she really is one of the best actresses of this generation (one of the best ever, in my opinion). I would reccomend this film to anyone who wants to see a beautiful drama, or anyone who likes Christina. In the end, there are a few questions that the viewer will have, though. I found that watching it a second time helped me understand, and I noticed a lot of things that I missed the first time, but that is another reason I gave it four stars, because there are still a few unanswered questions in the end. ... Read more

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