You Can Count On Me (2000)

Synopsis of You Can Count On Me

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, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

110 mins

Director(s):

Kenneth Lonergan

Writer(s):

Kenneth Lonergan

Producer(s):

Larry Meistrich, Barbara de Fina, Jeff Sharp

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

R(Not For Children, Mild Violence, Drug Content, Sexual Situations, Adult Language)

Categories:

Independent Films

• 2000 - American Film Institute - AFI's Top 10 Films of the Year
• 2000 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay
• 2000 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature
• 2000 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Screenplay
• 2000 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - New Generation Award
• 2000 - National Board of Review - Special Achievement in Filmmaking
• 2000 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Screenplay
• 2000 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Actress
• 2000 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
• 2000 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Screenplay
• 2000 - Sundance Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic
• 2000 - Sundance Film Festival - Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
• 2000 - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Actor - Runner-up
• 2000 - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Actress
• 2000 - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Screenplay

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