You Can Count on Me
Comedy, Drama
Release Date:
November 10, 2000
Studio: Paramount Classics
Director: Ken Lonergan
Screenwriter: Ken Lonergan
Starring:
Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Jon Tenney, Rory Culkin
MPAA Rating: R (for language, some drug use and a scene of sexuality)
Official Website: YouCanCountonMemovie.com
Set in a small town in upstate New York, the film looks at a brother and sister who grew up together as orphans but now face life with very
different perspectives. Sammy (Linney) works at the local bank. Most of her attention goes into raising her 8-year-old son, Rudy (Culkin), and drifting in a tepid romance with Bob (Tenney). The
first disruption to her dutiful routine arrives in the form of new bank manager Brian (Broderick), intent on whipping his employees into shape. Then Sammy's wayward brother, Terry (Ruffalo) shows
up after a long absence, and her happiness quickly turns sour when she realizes he has only come to ask for money--again. But with all the elements for a backwater soap opera in place, the story
instead becomes a subtle portrait of good intentions and fractured relationships.
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