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TMDB Rating 6.3
IMDB Rating 6.3

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Budget: $0

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Status: Released

Average Rating: 6

Release Date: Oct 16, 2004

Rating: PG

Run Time: 1h 24m

Original Language: English

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Synopsis

A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League institutions for which she seems destined. Dad Harry spends all his time building model trains in the basement, while workaholic mom Martha depends on Evie to take care of her other daughter, developmentally challenged Emily. When she's not busy reading poetry to her sister Emily, Evie hangs out with James (Fran Kranz), the sensitive boy next door, whose romantic overtures prove too confusing to acknowledge. College also seems too daunting, so Evie deliberately blows one university interview after another in the hopes of staying at home as her sister's keeper. Meanwhile, Evie begins passing off her own poems as Emily's, fuelling the belief that her brain-damaged sister is actually a literary savant.


Main Cast

Lauren Ambrose

Lauren Ambrose

Evie Brighton

Age : 46 | Popularity : 16%

Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Martha Brighton

Age : 73 | Popularity : 11%

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd

Steward Worthy

Age : 85 | Popularity : 47%

Fran Kranz

Fran Kranz

James Parks

Age : 40 | Popularity : 15%

Taylor Roberts

Taylor Roberts

Emily Brighton

Age : 43 | Popularity : 3%

Vernee Watson-Johnson

Vernee Watson-Johnson

Stanford Interviewer

Age : 70 | Popularity : 9%

Benjamin Pratt

Benjamin Pratt

Dartmouth Interviewer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Scott Adsit

Scott Adsit

Harvard Interviewer

Age : 58 | Popularity : 11%


Crew

Department Role Name
Production Casting
Sheila Jaffe
Sheila Jaffe
Executive Producer
Brian Presley
Brian Presley
Joyce Schweickert
Joyce Schweickert
Producer
Annette Vait
Annette Vait
Editing Editor
Robert Frazen
Robert Frazen
Directing Director
Melissa Painter
Melissa Painter
Camera Director of Photography
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Writing Screenplay
Dawn O'Leary
Dawn O'Leary
Sound Original Music Composer
Thomas Schobel
Thomas Schobel
Musician
Armen Ksajikian
Armen Ksajikian
Costume & Make-Up Makeup Department Head
Vivian Baker
Vivian Baker
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