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Dominican Rep. Telling Lies in America
324
Drama
An immigrant teenager named Karchy (Brad Renfro) circumnavigates the social strictures of 1950s Cleveland by scamming his way into the good graces of local hotshot D.J. Billy Magic (Kevin Bacon), an unctuous sort whose friendship with the boy brings out his tender side. A relative breath of fresh air from screenwriter Joe Eszterhaus, whose own childhood informs the story.
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"Under the thoughtful direction of Guy Ferland - what emerges is solid and affecting." | ||
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"Unswervingly sincere and dramatic without surprise or revelation, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas' longtime pet project may be personal, but it offers little to audiences that hasn't been served up in quantity in the past." | ||
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"While the elements in this coming-of-age saga may seem familiar, Eszterhas brings a fresh, immigrant's-eye perspective to his tale." | ||
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"'Telling Lies in America' may not be terrible. But it flickers inconclusively between ordinary and not-so-good" | ||
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"With help from talented young director Ferland and a sublime performance from Kevin Bacon, Eszterhas has created a gentle and affecting ode to universal growing-up conflicts" | ||
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"The movie is loaded with heart and the feel for local color and period detail that can only come out of a personal reminiscence" |
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