| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | You Can Count On Me (2000) |
| Director | Kenneth Lonergan |
| Writer | Kenneth Lonergan |
| Lead Actor | Brad Garrett |
| Cast | Laura Linney, Matthew Broderick, Amy Ryan |
| Genre | Drama |
| Release Date | December 22, 2000 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 51m(111 min) |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 7.5/10 |
REVIEW
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME involves more churchy conflict but of less overall significance. Writer director Kenneth Lonergan’s engaging comedy drama is more about people than issues. The sympathetic characters are an estranged 30ish sister and brother (Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo), once bonded by the tragic sudden deaths of their parents.
Ruffalo plays an apparent rebel, an irreverent drifter, always broke and on the edge of serious trouble. He returns to their stodgy upstate New York hometown to borrow money.
Linney, bright and conventionally religious, works in a bank and worries about him. She’s divorced with an eight-year-old son who needs a father. Her contrasting suitors are a passionate but married branch manager (Matthew Broderick) and a quiet but reliable bore (Jon Tenney).
We come to like Ruffalo, who says, “I’m not the kind of guy everybody says I am.” He befriends the boy.
The film is about the deep feelings between the sibs (a rare movie subject) and how they are tested. One of the stresses involves her desire for him to have a religious anchor in his life. As in life, the ending offers hope but no sure solutions. The conversations between brother and sister witty, tense and probing are beautifully wrought by all involved. Problem language, sexual situations, satisfactory for adults..
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