Let's be realistic.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

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

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

i caught this little gem on cable over the weekend and was sounexpectedly moved that i felt compelled to write about it. it's anintelligent and very truthful look at a blue collar new jersey familyand the pursuit of their american dreams. the locations, (from thefactory cluttered landscapes to the swampland drag strips), all ofthe performances, the overall texture... were right on the money!-like a bruce springsteen song vividly brought to life. i wasespecially taken by the complex relationship between the brothersplayed by billy crudup and paul schulze. nothing in this film rangfalse, though as a result the overall tone may be a little too bleakfor the masses. i found it refreshing to find an american indydirector that is less interested in flash and trend than hiscommitment to telling a gripping, honest, and meaningful storyabout everyday people.

I bought this DVD on the strength of seeing Billy Crudup in an early role.I have seen and liked Adrienne Shelly in a previous Hal Hartley film and thought that she, Crudup and Schulze (with who I am the least familiar, but no less impressed) all performed well in this indie ensemble. Amanda Peet also features in a minor early role.The story is well worn, but the pace, style, music and slow, lazy intimacy with which we are drawn into the characters makes this a very watchable movie. Billy Crudup obviously started out as he meant to continue and this film stands out as a suitably charismatic beginning, without any signs of hallmark timidity for this actor's first feature.If you like short-form, no-frills, character-driven drama, rent or buy this one today!

Crudup and Peet are always watchable; this film won't disappoint their fans. If nothing else, add this movie to your list of "my life is at least better than these people's" movies to watch post-breakup or post-betrayal. Help boost this film's rating! Vote today and give a thumbs up!

I would have rated it a 7, but I admit I was trying to tip the balance. This wasn't a great film, but I still liked it--due in large part to Billy Crudup's performance.Crudup is believable straight down the line, as Eddie Dolan. Who is this actor!? He slips into roles like hand in glove. I watched the film twice just to see his expression again.The story reeks of inevitability, due to the circumstance; but like the cliche 'accident on the side of the road,' you are compelled to watch anyway.What I liked very much, was the non-thinking attraction in its many forms; and seeing the immaturity of these souls' lives played out. And though they all lead themselves into explosive situations, they somehow manage to find their ways out and go on. They are survivors, and that's intriguing to me.