You Can Count On Me (2000)
- Starring:
- Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, (more)
- Director(s):
- Kenneth Lonergan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Drama
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Kenneth Lonergan, the co-screenwriter for Analyze This (1999), makes his directorial debut with this sensitive portrait of a pair of grown siblings. Sammy and Terry Prescott (Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo) were orphaned as children after their parents were killed in a car accident. Since then, the two have taken drastically divergent paths. Sammy is a single mother who leads a quiet, stable life in a small town in upstate New York. A fiercely protective mother, she shields her young son Rudy (Rory Culkin) from all information about his absentee father. She is also involved with Bob (Jon Tenney), a well-meaning but less-than-exciting mate, both in and out of bed. Terry, by contrast, is a troubled, self-destructive soul eking out a nomadic existence. When he abandons his pregnant girlfriend to borrow money from his sister, Sammy finds her stable world disrupted. A bond soon develops between Terry and Rudy; over the objections of his mother, Terry takes the tyke fishing and shares old family secrets. Meanwhile, Terry's presence inspires Sammy to break out of her quiet life. This film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 110 mins
Complete Cast:
- Laura Linney - Sammy Prescott
- Rory Culkin - Rudy
- Jon Tenney - Bob
- Kenneth Lonergan - Priest
- Mark Ruffalo - Terry Prescott
- Matthew Broderick - Brian
- J. Smith-Cameron - Mabel
- Director(s):
- Kenneth Lonergan
- Writer(s):
- Kenneth Lonergan
- Producer(s):
- Jeff Sharp, Barbara de Fina, John Hart
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Drug Content, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Mild Violence)
- Categories:
- Drama
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- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - American Film Institute - AFI's Top 10 Films of the Year
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - New Generation Award
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Screenplay
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - National Board of Review - Special Achievement in Filmmaking
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - National Society of Film Critics - Best Actress
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - National Society of Film Critics - Best Screenplay
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Screenplay
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Actress
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Actor - Runner-up
- 2000 - You Can Count On Me - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Screenplay
