Tumbleweeds
(or as the New York Times calls it, "On the Road With Mom, the Sex-Pot")
A
woman (Janet McTeer) constantly runs from town to town with her 12 year old
daughter (Kimberly J. Brown) to escape failed relationships. The film opens
with one escape and the shift into a new start in San Diego. There Mom takes
up with a controlling trucker (Gavin O'Connor) and fights with her weirdo boss
(Michael J. Pollard). Meanwhile, the daughter, used to making the constant shifts,
finds a fit at school including getting chosen for a play lead. Lois Smith also
appears as a secretary friend, who encourages the woman's worst instincts Jay
O. Sanders is a male co-worker, who finally leads her into a new direction in
relationships. (provided by IMBD).
Rating: Tumbleweeds is rated PG-13. It has some strong language and sexual situations. Directed by Gavin O'Connor; written by O'Connor and Angela Shelton, on Ms. Shelton's memoirs; Running time: 100 minutes. This film is rated PG-13. Cast: Janet McTeer (Mary Jo Walker), Kimberly J. Brown (Ava Walker), Jay O. Sanders (Dan), Gavin O'Connor (Jack Ranson), Michael J. Pollard ( Cummings), Laurel Holloman (Laurie Pendleton) and Smith (Ginger).
Awards
Janet McTeer: Best Actress, National Board of Review. Golden Globe Nomination, Best Actress in a comedy, musical.
Reviews
Stephen Holden, New York Times
"Tumbleweeds opens only weeks after another likable film, Anywhere but Here, in which Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman portray a flighty but indomitably upbeat mom and her resentful teenager. Tumbleweeds may lack the glossy production values of Anywhere but Here, but it gets more deeply under the skins of its characters. There are many moments when what is on the screen stops looking like acting and becomes life itself, and you're watching real people change and grow before your eyes."Stephen Hunter, The Washington Post
"It feels less like a movie and more like life itself"Stephanie Zacharek, Salon
"Mom just wants to have fun, daughter sulks. Haven't we seen this movie before?"Peter Stack, SF Chronicle
"It's the kind of low-budget independent so well -- McTeer is not alone in breathing unusual vitality into the story -- that audiences will be willing to forgive flaws".
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