Fireflies in the Garden (2008)
- Starring:
- Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, (more)
- Director(s):
- Dennis Lee
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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An average American family suffers from a grave and unexpected loss that forces its members to confront past issues in this all-star ensemble drama from acclaimed director Dennis Lee (Jesus Henry Christ). Julia Roberts stars as Lisa Taylor, the wife of a college professor, Charlie (Willem Dafoe), living in the Midwest. As the tale opens, the aging couple are proud parents of two grown and reasonably successful children, Michael (Ryan Reynolds) and Ryne (Shannon Lucio). Then tragedy strikes: not long after Michael arrives in town (visiting from Manhattan), Lisa perishes in a fatal car accident, leaving the family bereft of its matriarch. As the devastated Taylors feebly attempt to cope with their loss, tensions resurface that have long boiled beneath the surface between Charlie and Michael; meanwhile, Michael's estranged wife, Kelly (Carrie-Anne Moss), turns up at the funeral to pay her respects to Lisa and gradually begins making amends with Michael. When Michael announces to the family that he's planning to publish a memoir about his childhood, Lisa's younger sister, Jane (Emily Watson), grows horrified that it will unearth devastating long-buried skeletons from the family's past; moreover, it seems that prior to her death, Lisa was guarding one major secret of her own that lingers just out of view and threatens to destroy everyone's sense of familial security when it finally comes to light. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast:
- Julia Roberts - Lisa Taylor
- Willem Dafoe - Charles Taylor
- Carrie-Anne Moss - Kelly Hanson
- Hayden Panettiere - Young Jane Lawrence
- Shannon Lucio - Ryne Taylor
- Chase Ellison - Christopher Lawrence
- Diane Perella - Flight Attendant
- Rev. John Stennfield - Rev. Byers
- Babs George - Nana
- Grady McCardell - Officer 1
- Ryan Reynolds - Michael Taylor
- Emily Watson - Jane Lawrence
- Ioan Gruffudd - Addison
- Cayden Boyd - Young Michael Taylor
- George Newbern - Jimmy Lawrence
- Brooklyn Proulx - Leslie Lawrence
- Natalie Karp - Social Worker
- Philip Rose - Papi
- Frank Ertl - Morgan Duncan
- Director(s):
- Dennis Lee
- Writer(s):
- Dennis Lee
- Producer(s):
- Vanessa Coifman, Marco Weber, Sukee Chew
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
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