How to Make The Cruelest Month (1998)
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Kip Koenig wrote and directed this comedy, set in a small college town, about neurotic Bell Bryant (Clea DuVall) who explains her problems directly to the camera: her older sister Sarah (Jorja Fox) has a happy marriage plus a baby on the way. Her other sister, beautiful Dot (Amy Smart), is involved in an affair with Bell's ex, Leonard (Gabriel Mann). In a remote location, Bell makes love to Leonard and then departs, abandoning the nude Leonard who makes his way to the house of a married couple (Dennis Haysbert, Marianne Jean-Baptiste). Wondering if she's a lesbian, the confused Bell dates a woman and then dashes around from one place to another, dropping in on her mom (Mary Kay Place), her uncle, John David Souther), and various eccentrics. Shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Clea DeVall - Bell Bryant
- John David Souther - Uncle Jerry
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Christina Parks
- John Voskamp - Fryer Crane
- James Duval - Westy
- Christopher Gartin - Dr. Rutledge
- Gabriel Mann - Leonard Crane
- Mary Kay Place - Mary Bryant
- Dennis Haysbert - Manhattan Parks
- Amy Smart - Dot Bryant
- Jorja Fox - Sarah Bryant
- Frederick Weller - Rickey
- Director(s):
- Kip Koenig
- Writer(s):
- Kip Koenig
- Producer(s):
- Alison Dickey, Mark Lipson
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