Laurel Canyon

Name: Laurel Canyon
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: March 7, 2003
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Alessandro Nivola, Christian Bale, Frances McDormand, Kate Beckinsale

2003

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: March 7, 2003 | R

Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Christian Bale, Frances McDormand, Kate Beckinsale

Summary: A rigorously honest exploration of relationships between people with wildly divergent world views. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Director: Lisa Cholodenko

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 103 min

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Joe Morgenstern

A romantic comedy of grace notes and mini-epiphanies -- mini, that is, except for Ms. McDormand's Jane, who is memorable to the max.

Jonathan Rosenbaum

McDormand has never been better, but all the performances are interestingly nuanced, including Natascha McElhone's as one of Bale's fellow psychiatric interns. Read full review

Megan Lehmann

Bale, one of the most intriguing actors of his generation, plays a young man rebelling against his liberal upbringing with a mix of bemusement and lost-puppy anguish, making this film as much about mothers and sons as struggling couples. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Inasmuch as Cholodenko has an agenda in her two movies so far -- what appears to be a lesbian-positive theme of openness to experimentation and its accompanying emotional costs -- she's found a model in McDormand's portrayal of Jane. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

The story is less a sustained narrative than a series of scenes. But personal dynamics are the main event, and McDormand's powerhouse performance alone compensates for many minor deficiencies. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Not a successful movie--it's too stilted and pre-programmed to come alive--but in the center of it McDormand occupies a place for her character and makes that place into a brilliant movie of its own. Read full review

Peter Travers

A clumsy package of clichés. Read full review

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