The Magic of Marciano (2000)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Tony Barbieri

Guionista:

Tony Barbieri (writer)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Sometimes you must lose what you have... to find what you need.

Plot:

A 10-year-old boy shares an intense bond with his mentally ill mother. The youth's life is turned upside...

Plot Keywords:

Imagination | Mental Illness | Independent Film

Premios:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Good start, lousy finish.

Reparto

Cody Morgan	...	James
Nastassja Kinski	...	Katie
Robert Forster	...	Henry
Jason Cairns	...	Curt
Will Cochran	...	Peter
Eugene Clark	...	Del
Jennifer Overton	...	Mary
Bruce Godfree	...	Kevin
Ron Hartman	...	Male judge
Marcia Bennett	...	Carol
John Fulton	...	Lloyd
Billy Kay	...	Brendan
Leah Randell	...	Lucy
Catherine Fordham	...	Linda
Dawn McKelvie Cyr	...	Ms. Bergez

Duración:

Czech Republic:105 min (Karlovy Vary Film Festival) | USA:100 min

País:

USA | France

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Compañía:

Cape Atlantic Productions

Good start, lousy finish.

"The Magic of Marciano" begins as a rock solid journeyman drama about a boy (Morgan), trying to cope with an emotionally unstable working class single mom (Kinski) and her abusive boyfriend, who finds a friend in an older man (Forster). As the film wears on, however, it takes a nose dive as Barbieri begins replaying scenes with two different outcomes, apparently in a feeble and annoying attempt to show the boy's fantasies, only to crash and burn with an unsatisfying conclusion and poor resolution. An okay watch for fans of the players but when taken as a whole little more than a mediocre small screen watch. (C)