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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

Genre: Dramas

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... 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 turtles with which he has always been obsessed. Estranged from his adoptive parents, whose fundamentalism led them to reject him when they found out he was gay, Mark begins a healing relationship with a kind hotel manager, George (Michael Kelly). Meanwhile, Mark's adoptive mother, Elizabeth (Tess Harper), struggles with her loss, attempting to reconcile her allegiance to her minister husband (Chris Sarandon) with her persistent love for her son. The quiet rebellion that grows in her is superbly and subtly acted, as she forms an alliance with a free-spirited elderly neighbor, Ruth (Ann Pierce). Finally, Mark's real mother, Grace (Bonnie Hunt, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN), has returned home to live with her mother (Michael Learned), still haunted by the child she was forced to give up at 17. While she struggles to find him against the wishes of the adoption agency, she navigates the old wounds that characterize her relationship with her own mother. LOGGERHEADS refreshes with its slow pacing, lack of sensationalism, and portrayal of realistic characters with very real problems. Their search for meaning and joy amidst life's mundanities is a quiet wonder, as is the beautiful location photography. [More]

Starring: Bonnie Hunt, Tess Harper, Mike Kelly, Michael Learned

Starring: Bonnie Hunt, Tess Harper, Mike Kelly, Michael Learned, Kip Pardue, Chris Sarandon, Robin Weigert

Director: Tim Kirkman, "Savage" Steve Holland

Director: Tim Kirkman
Screenwriter: Tim Kirkman
Director: "Savage" Steve Holland
Producer: Gil Holland
Studio: Strand Releasing

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Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
05/06/06
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

the kind of movie that makes you feel more like an eavesdropper than a viewer

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
04/14/06
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

"Loggerheads" is like a person who never raises her voice, yet somehow you know to pay attention to every word she says.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
03/03/06
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
02/04/06
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The dramatic tension is nil. But the performances, particularly by Hunt (in a non-comedic role, for a change), are worth a look.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
02/03/06
Sean Means
Sean Means
Film.com

The movie could have benefited from a lighter touch ...

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
01/26/06
Phoebe Flowers
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

... an understated and heartfelt story, superbly acted, with a strong sense of people and place.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
01/26/06
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

The movie weaves flawless performances by Bonnie Hunt, Chris Sarandon, Michael Learned and others into a mesmerizing tapestry of familial yearning and loss.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
01/26/06
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

... 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.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/15/06
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
01/12/06
Steve Murray
Steve Murray
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The film is very smart in recognizing that being gay is about a lot more than whom you sleep with.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
12/28/05
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

You're in deep.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
12/15/05
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

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.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
12/14/05
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com
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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
12/10/05
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A chamber piece of subtle touches, finely acted, the movie has time jumps that are a little confusing.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
12/09/05
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

This quiet community and family drama set on the North Carolina shore offers a bighearted outlook on how to absorb change and defeat.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
12/09/05
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
12/06/05
Boston Phoenix

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.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
12/02/05
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

Loggerheads has the best qualities of independent filmmaking.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
11/11/05
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

Featuring a number of nicely honed performances and weaving three initially disparate tales into one, Loggerheads delivers far more than you might expect.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
11/11/05
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
 
 
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