Rating: PG13
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 04/15/2005(USA
Release Date: 10/04/2005
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Lions Gate
Actor
David Duchovny made his debut as a director and screenwriter with this
coming-of-age drama, in which a grown man looks back at his adolescence. It's 1973, and
Tommy (
Anton Yelchin) is a 13-year-old boy living in New York's Greenwich Village with his mother (
Téa Leoni), who is still coming to terms with the death of her husband.
Tommy's best friend is
Pappass (
Robin Williams), a mentally challenged man who is in his thirties, but is at the same emotional age as
Tommy;
Pappass delivers meat for a local butcher, and
Tommy helps him out.
Tommy has discovered women, and has a crush on
Melissa (
Zelda Williams), a cute girl in his class, but
Pappass isn't much interested in the opposite sex, and can offer little advice on the subject.
Tommy's lone confidante on this issue is
Lady Bernadette (
Erykah Badu), a woman locked up in the nearby Women's House of Detention who offers advice shouted from her window. When
Pappass begins to realize that
Tommy is falling for
Melissa, he's convinced he's losing his best friend, and in a moment of anger he steals a bicycle.
Tommy tries to protect
Pappas by claiming he was the thief, leading to a series of serious repercussions. Years later,
Tommy (now played by
Duchovny) is a grown man who leaves his home in Paris, France, to pay a visit to the old neighborhood and come to terms with the life he left behind.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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