Just so...so bad

i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

I admire Ashley Judd as an actress so I knew I'd enjoy this unknown movie I caught on the LMN channel. She's as beautiful and smart as ever in this understated film that is scant on plot but rich in characterization. Lucy presumably suffered a deprived childhood -- with no one to pay much attention or make her feel special or valued. So she's vegetating somewhere in the South as a young woman who spends every night in a bar and a different alcoholic's bed. Somehow she begins to question all that when she meets Cal, who is played with subtlety by the unknown actor Jeffrey Donovan. Cal puts Lucy in the position of sensing just how uncomfortable and ill-equipped she is about having a real relationship. He says little but some of his questions get her thinking. At one point he asks when was the last time she kissed a man while sober. Lucy struggles to stay involved with Cal and she attempts, somewhat more successfully, to reconnect with her father, who is played, with real surprise, by Scott Wilson, whom I had not seen in a movie since he played the mastermind killer of "In Cold Blood." (His part is so sparsely written here that it can scarcely be enjoyed but it is good to see him again.) Part of the intelligence of this film is that it doesn't end happily in the conventional sense. Enjoyed against the backdrop of its superb country-music track, "Come Early Morning" is well-worth viewing.

For me, Come Early Morning is very reminiscent to Ashley Judd's first film, RUBY IN PARADISE. I believe Ashley Judd gave her best performance in Ruby in Paradise followed up with COME EARLY MORNING. I was thrilled to see that Ashley came full circle by returning to her less glamorous acting roots. Come Early Morning is a quiet, subdued film that doesn't seem to have a lot going on, however under the surface, there is quite a bit of personal turmoil, heart break, & triumph. This is a sutle film that beautifully follows the title character, Lucy, through her personal journey.You will enjoy this film if you liked Ruby in Paradise or Stealing Beauty.

Ashley Judd is Lucy Fowler, bright and strong-willed, but with no direction and no boundaries. She has gotten to the point where she drinks too much, then takes home any half-decent guy who shows an interest in her. The next morning, sober, she seems to regret what she has done, but not much.Ashley Judd is super in her role. She is pretty but not glamorous, and she really makes us believe she is what she is playing.The story is a journey to see if Lucy can redeem herself. She can never truly love and respect someone else if she can't do that for herself first. She meets what appears to be a really nice guy, but she pushes him away, physically and emotionally.SPOILERS. It would't be much of a story to tell if Lucy didn't change, and if she spiraled down into an even worse state. We see her changing, and the prospects look good, but for me the transition seemed too abrupt. Still, a decent movie.

COME EARLY MORNING is not only a marvelous Joey Lauren Adams film, but is something which an audience can empathize with in watching the sun's rays fall upon Ashley Judd as she wakes up next to a man that she has long forgotten from the night before. With early morning, the film is about facing your demons and the truth about yourself and your past.Ms. Judd nails her character to a "T" and the supporting cast is really wonderful in bringing out her past and more importantly, about what she has attempted to accomplish in her young life in a male world. The film is painful, and yet also joyous, in watching the journey which Judd has taken in gaining self worth, and happiness. The last scene is rich and memorable for a film heavy with pathos, pain and anger.COME EARLY MORNING brings Ashley Judd front and center in her career as an important and talented actress in American cinema.