Drama, Romance
Steve Moore is sixteen and lives with his younger sister, mother Cheryl and her boyfriend John, in a modest house in Bakersfield, California. An abusive and often intoxicated man, John rules the household, and though his attacks on Steve result in emergency hospital visits, Cheryl's loyalty is to her boyfriend. To protect her relationship with John, she "ditches" her son, having him arrested and locked in a correctional "mental" facility, before coercing her older brother Burt, who lives in Hollywood, to take him. Steve quickly discovers that Burt cannot even provide temporary lodging, but an administrator at his new high school directs him to a shelter for runaway kids where he soon learns to navigate his way.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Paranoid Park
The Rapture
Take My Eyes
Heading South
Pieces of April
Mary
The Color Purple
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
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IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 2001
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IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 1975
After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.The Upside of Anger
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2005
After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.Wonder Boys
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 2000
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.Narc
IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 2002
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IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 2008
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IMDB 6.4 | Jul , 2008
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.Starter for 10
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2006
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.Princess
IMDB 6 | Jun , 2006
The story of August who loses his beloved sister Christina, a former porn star known as The Princess. He adopts Christina's five-year-old daughter Mia. Weighed down by grief and guilt, August breaks down and with Mia in tow, he embarks on a mission of vengeance to erase Christina's pornographic legacy.Final Voyage
IMDB 5.4 | Aug , 2021
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IMDB 5.6 | Oct , 2006
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IMDB 6.7 | May , 2002
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IMDB 6.5 | Jul , 2007
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IMDB 5.9 | Oct , 1991
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IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2003
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IMDB 5.5 | Jan , 2006
A story of three female tourists who visit Haiti, in order to enjoy the sexual nature of the young men.Pieces of April
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 2003
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.Mary
IMDB 2 | Dec , 2012
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IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 2023
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