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Genre | Drama |
Format | Closed-captioned, NTSC, AC-3, Multiple Formats, Dolby, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen |
Contributor | Kristen Stewart, Jake Scott, James Gandolfini |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 51 minutes |
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Golden Globe® winner James Gandolfini, (“The Sopranos”) is Doug Riley, a man at the crossroads. Ever since the tragic death of his teenage daughter, he's led a life of quiet desperation... and now, something has to give. On a business trip to New Orleans, he encounters Mallory (Kristen Stewart, the Twilight films) -- a raw, angry runaway living a dangerous life as a stripper. Moved by emotions he barely understands, Riley abandons his old life to save hers. The tenuous balance is threatened when his wife Lois (Academy Award® nominee Melissa Leo, Best Actress, Frozen River, 2008) shakes off the fears that have kept her homebound for years. Now three lost souls seek hope and forgiveness in each other... and together, they discover a rare gift of connection that feels like family.
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Terrific performances by two veteran actors buoy Welcome to the Rileys, an entertaining and surprisingly quirky look at a dark subject. Doug and Lois Riley (James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo) have a home in Indianapolis, a set of engraved headstones already waiting for them in the local cemetery, and a marriage that's been crumbling since their daughter died in a car crash at age 15; Doug has found some solace in an affair with a waitress at a local diner, but even that proves to be a mixed blessing at best. On a business trip to New Orleans, he wanders into a strip club and meets Mallory (Kristen Stewart), a broke, foul-mouthed stripper-cum-prostitute who takes his carnal intentions for granted. But there aren't any--Doug wants a daughter, not a whore, and in a credibility-defying sequence of events, he immediately moves into her squalid apartment (paying her a hundred bucks a day for the privilege), decides to sell his plumbing supply business, and phones his wife to tell her he's not coming home "for a while." Lois's reaction? She piles into Doug's Cadillac and tools down to N'Awlins, informing her hubby that if he's living with Mallory (or Allison, or whatever her name is), then she will too. The struggle of parents trying to cope with the death of a child is not a fresh topic, but from Ordinary People in 1980 to much more recent films like Rabbit Hole, Creation, and The Lovely Bones, it has usually been treated with a much heavier hand than the one wielded by director Jake Scott here; the scene in which Lois struggles to figure out the Caddy's many bells and whistles is played for laughs, and her encounter with a would-be suitor while en route to New Orleans, while poignant, is refreshingly unsentimental. Gandolfini (in a role that may be the furthest he's yet gotten from Tony Soprano) and Leo are excellent, and although Stewart seems to be trying just a bit too hard to distance herself from the Twilight franchise, she's a young actress with a bright future. --Sam Graham
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.6 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches; 1.6 Ounces
- Item model number : 15496133
- Director : Jake Scott
- Media Format : Closed-captioned, NTSC, AC-3, Multiple Formats, Dolby, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 51 minutes
- Release date : February 1, 2011
- Actors : James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart
- Subtitles: : English, French
- Studio : Samuel Goldwyn Films
- ASIN : B003Y5H4W0
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #53,900 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #9,052 in Drama DVDs
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a distant shut-in, never venturing outside from their house, while Doug cries alone in the garage and half-
heartedly runs his successful plumbing supply business. The marriage is quietly strained, but they're still
together, though Doug is carrying on an affair with a local waitress, who unexpectedly dies. Upon a chance
encounter on a New Orleans business trip, Doug meets up with a young, hard-edged
runaway/stripper/prostitute, Mallory (Kristen Stewart) to which he nurtures a father-daughter bond. Not really
sure why he doesn't want to sleep with her, she nonetheless accepts his offer to pay her to live in and fix up
her decrepit house, in essence becoming her "Sugar daddy". When he calls Lois and tells her he's not coming
back, this is the motivation she needs to finally get out of the house and reunites with Doug and also begins to
bond with Mallory. A shaky relationship all around to be sure, but the great performances of Gandolfini & Leo
manage to make it believable. Stewart is still...Stewart, a little stiff but a pretty risque departure from her
Twilight (and even The Runaways) parts.
The PQ on this Blu-ray disc is very nice. Detail is good and portrays Mallory's used-up appearance very accurately. The
picture is generally clean with just a very mild grain to it. Color pallette is a bit muted, but seems appropriate
for the tone of the film. The DTS-MA audio is decent with nothing really spectacular going on surround wise
which is usually the norm with dramas, though the club scenes have a little ambience going on with the music.
Dialogue is always clear and level.
The only extra is a fairly generic making-of featurette in HD including all of the cast. A couple of preview trailers
for other films are available as well. There is a BD-Live option, but I did not access it. The disc is java-encoded
and has a bookmarking feature.
One day, Doug's job requires that he attended a conference in New Orleans. While in New Orleans and desperate to avoid the company of his coworkers and friends, Doug enters a strip club and is sexually propositioned by what would appear to be an underage stripper named Mallory (Kristen Stewart). Struck by the resemblance Mallory bears to his late daughter and after seeing the conditions in which Mallory lives when he takes her home, Doug quits his job and tells Lois he won't be coming home so he can stay in New Orleans and help Mallory get her life together.
Lois--who knew about Vivian and believes Doug to have moved to New Orleans with another woman--overcomes her fear and drives to New Orleans thinking she'll confront Doug's indiscretions. However, she finds that Doug has taken a 16-year-old runaway from Florida under his wing.
I don't typically like dramas because more often than not, they're modern fairty tales. Most dramas today are oriented toward flattering lighting for close-ups of big names rather than portrayals of real-life events. This movie breaks the mold, though. It's an extremely heart-felt movie; Kristen Stewart is surprisingly effective as Mallory/Allison, the 16-year-old runaway-turned-stripper-turned-prostitute who desperately needs guidance and affection. Leo is also stunning in the movie, providing arguably one of the best performances of her career. I'm also surprised you don't hear more about this movie due to Gandolfini's performance.
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donc vendeur sérieux . payé moins de 5 euros livré .
j'avais deja ce film mais j'ai fait envoyé celui ci pour une amie .
film intéressant , touchant et surtout bien joué , ou l'on voit James Gandolfini
et Kristen Stewart dans des rôles fait pour eux .
film crédible , et vraiment bien doublé . un + pour le doublage de Gandolfini
qui a une voix grave et douce qui correspond parfaitement a sa corpulence
et au rôle qu'il doit jouer ..
film qui nous fait voyager en nouvelle orléans , ou l'on peut manger des po'boys
et qui m'a fait découvrir le groupe (famille de musicos ) Kitty ; Daisy & Lewis
dans le générique final on peut entendre going up the country chanson
excellente et parfaite pour le film .
5 étoiles pour le vendeur et 5 étoiles pour le scenario et les acteurs du film .
film qui a des passages ou Kristen Stewart , parle assez grossièrement , mais
c'est son rôle , donc ça ne choque pas trop si on a plus de 15 ans .
Hier hat er sich an ein Thema gewagt, das eigentlich nicht viel neues beinhaltet. Aber, die Story wurde "neu" erzählt, sie lebt von den Leistungen der Schauspieler/innen. Und ist dabei glaubhaft. Die Geschichte eines Mädchens, das in New Orleans als Prostituirte "arbeitet", hat viele Prallelen, hier wird sie nur aus einer zusätzlichen Perspektive gezeigt.
Kurz zu dem Inhalt: In Indianapolis steht das Haus der Rileys. Bei der Garage ist ein Schild, auf dem zu lesen ist: Willkommen bei Rileys. Dabei ist das Haus still, fast verlassen. Die Hausfrau, Lois (Melissa Leo) lebt mit ihrem Mann Doug (James Gandolfini) im viel zu großen Haus für zwei Menschen. Doug hat ein Geschäft mit Sanitärprodukten. Es geht ziemlich gut, finanziell auf jeden Fall. Er vereist oft, ist mit Vivian abundzu zusammen, einer Bedienung in seinem Stammlokal. Bei ihr bekommt er die Zärtlichkeit, die er zuhause vermisst. Als Vivian überraschend stirbt und Doug nach New Orleans muß, passieren in seinem Leben auf einmal einige Sachen und er überdenkt, was er in der Zukunft tun will.
In einer Bar trifft er ein junges Mädchen, dass sich Mallory (Kirsten Stewart) nennt, sie hat aber noch mehrere Namen. Das Mädchen ist keine sechzehn Jahre jung. Er will nichts mit ihr haben, sie erinnert ihn aber an seine Tochter. Er zieht kurzerhand bei ihr ein in das schäbige Haus, ohne Strom, ohne jeglichen Konfort.
Das Zusammenleben ist nicht leicht, Mallory geht "ihrer Arbeit" nach, hat oft Probleme. Dabei bekommt sie von Doug 100 USD pro Tag, die zahlt er ihr "als Miete". Ihn stören Mallory's Flüche, er droht ihr, für jeden Fluch einen Dollar weniger zu bezahlen.
Zuhause tut sich auch etwas. Lois versucht es nach Jahren wieder an die Luft zu gehen. Seit dem Tod der Tochter war sie nie mehr draußen, sie lässt sich alles liefern, oder bietet die Leute ins Haus.
Sie will diesmal etwas ändern. Mit ihrer Tat überrascht sie auch ihren Mann..., sie versucht sogar Mallory zu verstehen, spricht zum ersten Mal über den Tod ihrer Tochter.
Ganz will ich den Inhalt nicht erzählen. Es ist ein Film über die jahrelange Schludgefühle, über die Einsamkeit, in die sich eine Person flüchtet, weil sie wegen der schlimmen Vergangenheit keine Zukunft sieht, sich nicht vorstellen kann. Man braucht Hilfe, aber auch wenn man die Hilfe bietet, sie sogar aufzwängt, wenn man sie nicht nimmt, bleibt alles beim Alten oder schlimmer, das Schweigen gewinnt die Oberhand. So ist es bei Rileys, obwohl sie die Menschen so nett, freundlich in ihr Heim einladen. Die Realität ist jedoch anders.
Da muß ein Mädchen kommen, dessen Probleme hier und jetzt sind, das ihr Leben nicht an die Reihe kriegt und die Hilfe ablehnt. Wo ist der Unterschied zwischen Lois und Mallory? Wo sind ihre Gemeinsamkeiten? Haben sie überhaupt eine "normale" Zukunft?
Mich hat im Film besonders der wunderbare James Gandolfini überzeugt. Der Boss von "Die Sopranos" starb mit nicht ganz 52 Jahren 2013 in Italien. Seine Rolle war nicht leicht, er musste sich zwischen der Sentimentalität und der Naivität eines Mannes entscheiden, der sich leicht lächerlich machen könnte. Nicht eine Sekunde hat man Mitleid mit ihm, er spielt die Rolle einfach natürlich und mit viel Herz. Lois macht es auch gut, ihr ist es gelungen aus dem "Kerker" zu entfliehen, vor ihr ist nch viel Arbeit. Für die 20-jährige Kristen Stewart ist die Rolle wie geschaffen. Sie kann verletzen, sie kann schrecklich sein, ihr ganzes Wesen spricht von der Verlassenheit, sie spielt es glaubwürdig und sehr sehr reif.
Ein wunderbarer, nicht typisch "amerikanischer" Film, in dem die meisten ihre Potenziale gezeigt haben!