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Tumbleweeds
1999
Mary Jo Walker (McTeer) is a Southern mother who hides her self-consciousness by overcompensating. She drinks, wears revealing outfits, and says things that other people would never even consider. Fleeing her latest abusive relationship, she and her daughter, twelve-year-old Ava (Brown), head out west. They eventually settle in .. Read more
| Starring | Janet McTeer, Jay O. Sanders, Kimberly Brown, Gavin O'Connor |
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| Director | Gavin O'Connor |
| Genres | Drama |
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Tumbleweeds
Mary Jo Walker (McTeer) is a Southern mother who hides her self-consciousness by overcompensating. She drinks, wears revealing outfits, and says things that other people would never even consider. Fleeing her latest abusive relationship, she and her daughter, twelve-year-old Ava (Brown), head out west. They eventually settle in Starlight Beach, California, and seem to be getting along just fine on their own, but it isn't long before the cycle threatens to repeat itself. McTeer's portrayal of Mary Jo is so seamless that one might forget she is even acting. Reminiscent of the character driven films that made 1970s Hollywood so exhilarating.
| Starring | Janet McTeer, Jay O. Sanders, Kimberly Brown, Gavin O'Connor, Laurel Holloman, Lois Smith, Michael J. Pollard, Ashley Buccille, Noah Emmerich |
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| Director | Gavin O'Connor |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 18 Sep 2000 Production year: 1999 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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Janet McTeer gives an Oscar-nominated performance here as a free spirit who drags her 12-year-old daughter (newcomer Kimberley J Brown) out west in search of a better life. This funny, tender and predictably tear-stained slice of life echoes other parent-and-child road movies, from Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore to the Susan Sarandon/Natalie Portman vehicle Anywhere but Here. Yet it has a sassy charm all of its own, with McTeer's unselfconscious sexuality providing a vivid contrast to Brown's unaffected innocence. Writer/director Gavin O'Connor (whose co-writer and ex-wife Angela Shelton based the story on her own mother) also appears as McTeer's truck-driving lover.
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Performances don't come much more vivid than McTeer's Oscar-nominated portrayal of contradictory single mom Mary Jo... read more on Time Out
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
A Gem
I remember this being released and the surrounding buzz at the oscars back in 1999. Well, the buzz was well deserved as this is an incredibly watchable, touching and heart rending tale, of a mother who quits town as soon as her latest (destructive)relationship break down. Accompanying her on her journey is her daughter, fantastically played by the young actress.
Janet McTeers performance is incredible and the whole film is superb from beginning to end.
Do not pass this one up, whatever you do. -
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Easy watching
I enjoyed this film, definitely a chick flick and a happy ending.
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Pride and Glory
- 03 Nov 2008
There’s more pride than glory in this throwback cop drama, a movie so firmly in the tradition of heavyweight thrillers like Serpico, Prince of the City and Q and A that you would think the script must have Sidney Lumet’s fingerprints all over it. In fact it’s written by Gavin O’Connor, who made Tumbleweeds and the hockey movie Miracle, and Joe Carnahan, who made Narc and Smokin’ Aces. O’Connor came up with the story with his twin brother Greg. They’re... Read more
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Tumbleweeds
Mary Jo Walker (McTeer) is a Southern mother who hides her self-consciousness by overcompensating. She drinks, wears revealing outfits, and says things that other people would never even consider. Fleeing her latest abusive relationship, she and her daughter, twelve-year-old Ava (Brown), head out ...
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