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Keane (2004)

Keane (2004)
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American independent filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan returned after a six-year hiatus with this formally challenging tale of a disheveled man desperately searching New York City for his young daughter. Keane takes its name from its central character, a middle-aged man (Damien Lewis) who wanders Port Authority with a seemingly tenuous grasp of his sanity, muttering to himself and causing altercations with passers-by. He claims to have lost his daughter at a bus station, and consistently pleads for assistance from indifferent authority figures. When he's not roaming the streets, he uses his meager savings to rent out a room nightly in a cheap hotel; there, he meets Lynn (Amy Ryan), a single mother with a daughter, Kyra (Abigail Breslin), almost the same age as Keane's missing child. As he grows closer to Lynn and Kyra, he starts to see the young girl as instrumental in deciphering his own loss. Keane premiered at the 2004 Toronto Film Festival before securing a 2005 theatrical release. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi

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Starring:
Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, (more)
Director(s):
Lodge Kerrigan
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Keane

American independent filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan returned after a six-year hiatus with this formally challenging tale of a disheveled man desperately searching New York City for his young daughter. Keane takes its name from its central character, a middle-aged man (Damien Lewis) who wanders Port Authority with a seemingly tenuous grasp of his sanity, muttering to himself and causing altercations with passers-by. He claims to have lost his daughter at a bus station, and consistently pleads for assistance from indifferent authority figures. When he's not roaming the streets, he uses his meager savings to rent out a room nightly in a cheap hotel; there, he meets Lynn (Amy Ryan), a single mother with a daughter, Kyra (Abigail Breslin), almost the same age as Keane's missing child. As he grows closer to Lynn and Kyra, he starts to see the young girl as instrumental in deciphering his own loss. Keane premiered at the 2004 Toronto Film Festival before securing a 2005 theatrical release. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
94 mins

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Director(s):
Lodge Kerrigan
Writer(s):
Lodge Kerrigan
Producer(s):
Andrew Fierberg, Steven Soderbergh
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R(Profanity, Not For Children, Adult Situations, Substance Abuse, Strong Sexual Content)
Categories:
Independent Films
Warning:  This product is intended for mature audiences only. It may contain violence, sexual content, drug abuse and/or strong language. You must be 17 or older to purchase it. By ordering this item you are certifying that you are at least 17 years of age.

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    James V.

    Lodge Kerrigan's KEANE has been to so many festivals but had only a minor release, so it's a relief to finally be able to see it. With mixed feelings about Kerrigan's previous work ("Clean, Shaven" and "Claire Dolan"), I feel even more so about his latest. You have to put up with a lot of bizarre, unpleasant behavior from the lead character, who spends one-third of the movie acting like a crazy creep--a paranoid drug/alcohol abuser clearly in need to psychiatric help, if not confinement--before he mellows a bit and you can begin to identify with him. Kerrigan does almost the entire film in close-up, and fortunately he has talented, photogenic actors in lead roles. Yet this is the kind of "arty" movie that wants to rub your face in "reality" but turns sentimental in the clinch. Can reliving a past mistake with a surrogate in the role actually deliver redemption and grace? If you say so, Lodge. But you're going to have to offer more than you've displayed here in order to convince us.

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    Dan R.

    not very good. tried to do too much with the guy (alcoholic, mentally ill, drugs, can't hold down job) and portrayed non of them very well. did drugs once in movie, drank a few times, had a few rainman on a plane moments, always had money despite not having job. and have to agree camera was basically a close up of the main character the whole time. not very amusing at all

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    Carol M.

    WOW! This was boring. I kept fast forwarding past his wondering around the city and saying out loud to myself, "Okay already, we get it! This guy's mentally ill and homeless." What his problem is is never made clear. Someone either kidnapped his daughter or whatever . . . and he greaved himself into insanity or whatever . . . He wants her back or whatever . . . Nothing comes together in the end. The film just stops. I was amazed when the credits began to roll. What a stinker of a movie. Someone actually spent money to make this trash.

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