... a quietly impressive, nuanced essay about the emotional politics of abandonment, adoption and atonement that needs no dispensation for its small budget.
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11/07/05
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... [More]
Starring: Bonnie Hunt, Tess Harper, Mike Kelly, Michael Learned
Director: Tim Kirkman, "Savage" Steve Holland
Reviews for Loggerheads
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
This felt like a Lifetime movie to me.
10/31/05
Filled with magnificent performances from Tess Harper, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Learned and Chris Sarandon, the movie is weighty without being overwhelming
10/28/05
An achievement for Kirkman, and the best acting opportunity nearly everyone in the cast has had in a long time.
10/28/05
Loggerheads is full of compassion and good intentions, but (director Tim) Kirkman never spins the stories into compelling cinema.
10/27/05
A message film delivered with subtlety and grace, not allowing its weighty subject matter to overshadow the quiet dignity of its characters.
10/22/05
In the end, for all its good intentions, Loggerheads is so slow and earnest that it's hard for the viewer not to lose patience.
10/21/05
Loggerheads is not a movie where the emotions are tidy and the messages are clear.
10/21/05
Top CriticSincere, affecting and simple in its direct emotional appeal if not in the overlapping chronologies of its three narratives...
10/21/05
A delicate if somewhat soap-operatic Southern mood piece that occasionally clicks.
10/20/05
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10/20/05
You watch these sad souls going about their morose business and, instead of being fraught and moved by them, are merely bored stiff.
10/20/05
A touching and savory Southern ensemble drama.
10/19/05
Characterized by an assured restraint and attention to the subtleties of human interaction.
10/16/05
The question of story structure is a big one in the making of films. Sometimes an unusual structure will manage to hide the stereotypical characters and predictable plot.
10/15/05
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10/15/05
If it isn't easy being any of the troubled people wandering through the film, Loggerheads makes it easy not only to believe in them, but to care about them as well.
10/14/05
Top CriticThe rare spirit of character-driven, independent American movies lives on in writer-director Tim Kirkman's beautifully acted, structurally sophisticated heart-tugger.
10/14/05
Writer-director Kirkman takes the basic ingredients of a Lifetime movie and turns Loggerheads into something special indeed.
10/14/05
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