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Synopsis: The movie is set in the Pacific Northwest; specifically, Washington state. We know this from a glimpse of a license plate, the craftsman architecture of the two houses, and the mature, rich landscapes in between. The setting, like the scrutiny of the four main character's lives, is defined by the narrowness of the camera's field-of view. The one commercial street in town is only seen in the reflection of a store window, a shot of a non-descript auto-yard, or the tunnel of a tree-lined suburban sidewalk. The lush, wooded landscape is understood as an immediate presence in the domestic and professional lives of the characters; a steep hill, railroad tracks, a rushing stream, and a path over an old steel bridge are revisited again and again by the characters in their capacities as lovers, parents and friends.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): John Curran
Production: Warner Independent
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
R
Year:
2004
101 min
£1,904,214
Website
344 Views


- Yay! Desserts!

- We never have desserts.

- I'm off.

- Okay...

- Get enough to eat?

- Yep.

- Bye, Dad!

- See you!

How come Daddy likes desserts,

and you don't?

Daddy's a daddy

and Mommy's a mommy.

Mom.

Honey, we're different people.

We're not the same. We're different.

Hey.

- You signed up for summer classes?

- Sure. Why not?

Oh, man.

If I were you, I'd be at the beach

every hour of every day this summer.

- I have to make up some credits.

- No.

Anyone who looks like you

doesn't have to do anything.

See you, Mr. Evans.

Enjoy!

Won't last forever.

Yeah, just check the oil.

- Give it a lube job if you can.

- Sure.

I'm just gonna go on a couple errands

with my wife over there...

Duck. I think he's on to you.

Maybe I should start smoking your brand.

Maybe you should ask your husband

to babysit our kids while we f***.

- He'd be glad to.

- Yeah. Well, she wouldn't.

I think he wants to have sex with her.

- Why?

- Why?

- Yeah.

- Because he likes her and she's pretty.

He hasn't had any strange p*ssy

since that French c*nt.

I mean, why do you think he wants to?

The way he looks at her,

the way he looked at us...

...when we came back from buying beer.

- Oh, yeah? And how was that?

Sheepish.

- Does that bother you?

- Me? No.

Good. We can all babysit for each other.

"She blooms, she blooms.

And in May, so hurt."

In May, I was alone.

Stinky.

- You'll get sunburnt.

- No.

And then you'll get caught.

- I should keep the sun off.

- No. I can't. I can't.

- Oh, come on. Yes, you can.

- I'm done. I'm old.

I'm wasted.

Have you eaten enough?

I don't know. Let me see.

I mean food.

Yeah. Yeah.

I had Grape-Nuts. I got up late.

Yeah.

You know you ought to live with me.

I'd feed you better than that.

She feeds me okay.

She gives me what I want.

It's a sublimely happy marriage.

Stop.

I wonder how we'll get caught.

Hank will smell you on me at the gym.

No, I mean Terry.

If Hank caught us, I wouldn't care.

I wouldn't stop unless you wanted to,

but you probably would.

Wouldn't you?

- No, I wouldn't.

- Yeah, you would.

- What? Don't you think he's gonna notice?

- Well, if he does, it'll be a miracle.

Oh, come on, Jack. You're talking like

he's Charlie Chan or something.

Like he gives a sh*t.

- Sometimes I think...

- Sometimes you think what?

Sometimes I think that I love you even more

than I think that I do, which is a lot.

Which is a lot?

Impotent as you are?

Give me a cigarette.

My last one...

...until...

Till...

I don't know. I'll call you.

I'm just gonna grab this.

I'm gonna go home, take a nap,

keep the sitter another hour.

- You're okay with that?

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Larry Gross

Larry Gross (born 1953) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He is a visiting professor of film and new media at New York University Abu Dhabi. Best known for his collaborations with Walter Hill, his credits include 48 Hrs. (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), and uncredited contributions to Ralph Bakshi's Cool World (1992). He won the 2004 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004). His criticism has appeared in Film Comment and Sight & Sound.Gross attended St Edmund Hall, Oxford and Bard College, from which he graduated in 1974. He later completed an MA in English at Columbia University (where he subsequently served as an adjunct assistant professor of film) and an MA in film studies at New York University.In 2008, Gross who is the co-writer of 48 Hrs. has his contemporaneous diary of his days on set published on the MovieCityNews website. more…

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