Lymelife

To the extent that the film rises above its hackneyed script it does so thanks to the superb acting of its ensemble cast.....What mostly saves Lymelife from its weak script is inspired casting and strong performances.....Timothy Hutton is utterly convincing in his role as the afflicted sufferer, stealing every scene even when he has no lines to say.....Alec Baldwin appears to be channeling personal trauma in his pitch perfect role of the philandering family man;.... ... Full Review

It's a film of tremendous humor and wit, but also a potent portrait of adolescent longing and a painfully heartfelt depiction of deteriorating families.....his compositions and pacing aren't dull either (I particularly liked the scene where shows a front-yard fistfight only as a reflection in a car window).....there's not a weak link in this first-rate ensemble--Hennessy is outstanding (in a role that could easily be played as a whiny shrew or a hapless victim), Baldwin continues his metamorphosis into one ... Full Review

Affairs, bullies, splintering marriages, budding sexual relationships, father-son complications-the film blames none of this on the suburbs.....In the end, it's a badly shot, intermittently interesting film that possesses a few treasures, most of them wrapped up in individual performances....The worst thing about the film is....this insight is the only really notable thing about the film.....aside from the unfortunate Lyme disease scare, any and all of these problems could manifest had the film taken place ... Full Review

First-time director Derick Martini, who wrote Lymelife with his brother, Steven, can be heavy-handed.....They do manage one riveting scene together, when Mickey and Charlie meet by chance in a bar..... ... Full Review

All the markers of quirky drama are here:....Kieran Culkin was fantastic in the similar, better Igby Goes Down -....As it jogs toward its climax, Lymelife fails to ratchet up the tension by turning the screws of the plot..... ... Full Review

Derick Martini's Lymelife garnered some real attention at this year's Sundance Film Festival, where our Kelly West celebrated the film's "timeless quality." Even though it didn't make much of a splash upon its release, as can be the case with... ... Full Article

In Lymelife , co-writer and first-time director Derick Martini -- like many others before him -- draws from the coming-of-age well, inviting inevitable comparisons with earlier tales of teen angst. ... Full Article

"Lymelife" sometimes cuts to the tiny buildings and inhabitants of a model suburb, the kind you might find on display in a Realtor's office. Just as frequent are its shots of actual homes in a Long Island suburb, of the... ... Full Article

LYMELIFE - ??? - Rory Culkin, Emma Roberts, Alec Baldwin; rated R (profanity, violence, vulgarity, sex, drugs, slurs); Broadway Centre Martin Scorsese may have been the executive producer for "Lymelife," but the film more closely resembles the works of Ang... ... Full Article

Next, there was Lymelife. This one's got a good indie cast - Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Cynthia Nixon, Timothy Hutton and not one but two Culkin brothers (you might not know this, but the 2000s have seen Culkins of all... ... Full Article

Which is why if you care at all about success in American independent films, you may actually wind up going to see "Lymelife," a film that, in one way, centers on Lyme disease in Long Island in the '70s -... ... Full Article