Rotten
Manages to be bitter, dispiriting and utterly pointless all at once.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Lonesome Jim
Change your outlook. Change your life.
2005 · 1h 31m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Steve Buscemi
Overview
After failing to find success as a writer in New York City, Jim slinks back to his family's home in the Midwest to lick his wounds. But his visit is quickly complicated when his angst spreads to his brother, Tim, who promptly decides to drive his car straight into a tree. Under the shadow of his sibling's injurious actions, Jim strikes up an unlikely friendship with Anika, whose centered small-town wisdom gradually rubs off on him.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It all feels very slight.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Affleck plays this as a one-note turn, all dour. What a life-force like Anika would see in him is a mystery.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
The problem is that a little of this minimalist kitchen-sink farce goes a very long way, and after a while Lonesome Jim starts to dry up.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
A slight, but amusing and occasionally touching, dark comedy about depression and dysfunction that percolates with indie film hipness.
Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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