Trauma transforms us. Years after their teenage daughter's death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. She isolates herself in their immaculate suburban home. He philanders with a local waitress, anesthetizing pain with easy passion. When he loses his mistress to cancer, Doug, beset .. Read more
| Starring | James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo, Kristen Stewart, Lance E. Nichols |
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| Director | Jake Scott |
| Genres | Drama |
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Trauma transforms us. Years after their teenage daughter's death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. She isolates herself in their immaculate suburban home. He philanders with a local waitress, anesthetizing pain with easy passion. When he loses his mistress to cancer, Doug, beset by further heartache, escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn't understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian. Meanwhile, Lois summons all of her remaining force to overcome agoraphobia and venture south to reclaim her marriage.
| Starring | James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo, Kristen Stewart, Lance E. Nichols, David Jensen, Kathy Lamkin, Michael Wozniak, Sharon Landry, Russell Steinberg |
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| Director | Jake Scott |
| Studio | HIGH FLIERS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | February - Drama |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2010 To Rent: DVD: 27 Feb 2012 |
James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo and Kirsten Stewart hammer out some home truths in this contrived but well-meaning emotional drama. read more »
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Kristen Stewart is the star of this movie without a shadow of a doubt, her on screen chemistry with Gandolfini is electric and the acting is superb. The way she... read more »
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Kristen Stewart had no problems working with James Gandolfini in Welcome To The Rileys - because she had never seen him portray a tough mafia boss in The Sopranos. In the new drama, Stewart plays a troubled stripper, Mallory, who is befriended by Gandolfini's lonely character, Doug. Stewart insists she wasn't frightened by her heavyweight co-star - famed for his role as mobster Tony Soprano - because she hadn't seen an episode of his hit show. But the Twilight star admits she now understands... Read more
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