- Release Date: 1999
- Runtime: 90 min
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Starring: Norman Reedus, Chad Lowe, Will Lyman, Sybil Temtchine ... see all
- Director: William Roth
- Plot: Floating is the story of a young man's struggle to come of age during a violent period of emotional and financial bankruptcy. The film stars Norman Reedus as Van, a... Read more
User Reviews
Uneventful young male slice of life flick
Aug 12, 2002
George Parker - imdb.com
Aug 12, 2002George Parker - imdb.com
"Floating" tells of a slice in the life of a college age guy (Lowe) who lives with his paraplegic father by a lake and hangs out with two buddies. A good film in most respects, "Floating" has one glaring flaw.... Full review
A Gay Perspective (Spoiler)
Jun 05, 2002
Douglas - imdb.com
Jun 05, 2002Douglas - imdb.com
I liked most of this film and loved parts of it. Enough to forgive its weaknesses.The Troubled Youth (Van) is depicted as a leader of his peer group in the small lake community and I felt it was a very... Full review
An unpretentious, character-driven drama
Jan 19, 2001
dkpaloalto - imdb.com
Jan 19, 2001dkpaloalto - imdb.com
One of the more realistic "coming-of-age" films I've seen. A well-acted film in which sympathetic and complex characters drive the story. There's nothing fancy here in way of cinematography, but anyone who enjoys films that handles heavy emotional issues in... Full review
very intense
May 26, 2000
- imdb.com
May 26, 2000- imdb.com
I was surprised at how well acted this film is. Norman Reedus is fantastic, as is Chad Lowe. The subject matter is intense, and sometimes slightly overrought, but the film works enormously well as a study of two young men... Full review
Powerful
Apr 29, 1999
Foxfire-5 - imdb.com
Apr 29, 1999Foxfire-5 - imdb.com
This was an excellent movie. There was some bad acting but it certainly did not come from Norman Reedus who I hope to see more from soon! This is a movie that makes you long for those great summers when... Full review
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It might be wandering, it might be inconsistent, and it might have questionable editing (that's putting it mildly), but dammit I enjoyed Floating . This dark coming-of-age story has a lower-class underachiever (Norman Reedus) dealing with a crippled widower father... ... Full Article




