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05/06/06
Loggerheads (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 45 Fresh: 32 Rotten:13 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Consensus:
Loggerheads is an understated, quietly moving character study, bolstered by great performances.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis: Shot on location in director Tim Kirkman's home state of North Carolina, LOGGERHEADS is a moving, meditative exploration of love and family, told through three interconnected tales. Mark (Kip Pardue, GLAMORAMA) is a young drifter who has come to Kure Beach to help save the loggerhead... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Bonnie Hunt, Tess Harper, Michael Kelly, Michael Learned, Kip Pardue
Reviews
the kind of movie that makes you feel more like an eavesdropper than a viewer
04/14/06
"Loggerheads" is like a person who never raises her voice, yet somehow you know to pay attention to every word she says.
03/03/06
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02/04/06
The dramatic tension is nil. But the performances, particularly by Hunt (in a non-comedic role, for a change), are worth a look.
02/03/06
... an understated and heartfelt story, superbly acted, with a strong sense of people and place.
01/26/06
The movie weaves flawless performances by Bonnie Hunt, Chris Sarandon, Michael Learned and others into a mesmerizing tapestry of familial yearning and loss.
01/26/06
... if you can shake out some of the chafing bits of sand that weigh down Loggerheads, you’ll find a heartfelt story about people coming to terms with irrevocable loss.
01/15/06
Despite a meandering tone, Loggerheads is consistently watchable thanks to committed actors playing recognizable, decent folks just trying to do the right thing -- or rectify mistakes of the past.
01/12/06
The film is very smart in recognizing that being gay is about a lot more than whom you sleep with.
12/28/05
The stories unfold at about the speed of a turtle slowing crawling across the sand, but eventually you get the whole picture and it becomes a moving story of love and redemption.
12/14/05
A chamber piece of subtle touches, finely acted, the movie has time jumps that are a little confusing.
12/09/05
This quiet community and family drama set on the North Carolina shore offers a bighearted outlook on how to absorb change and defeat.
12/09/05
Slow, unadorned, compassionate, and earnest, Loggerheads is a low-fi throwback to the independent films of the 1980s and '90s -- heartland miniatures hewn from plainspoken lives.
12/02/05
Featuring a number of nicely honed performances and weaving three initially disparate tales into one, Loggerheads delivers far more than you might expect.
11/11/05
... a quietly impressive, nuanced essay about the emotional politics of abandonment, adoption and atonement that needs no dispensation for its small budget.
11/07/05
Freshness aside, Loggerheads is beautifully performed (especially by Hunt and Harper), and the script is finely attuned to the nuances of communication that has nothing to do with words.
11/03/05
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