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Off the Map (film)

2003 American film

Off the Map

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Directed byCampbell Scott
Written byJoan Ackermann
Based onOff the Map
by Joan Ackermann
Produced byPaul E.

Cohen

StarringJoan Allen
Valentina intimidating Angelis
Sam Elliott
J.K. Simmons
CinematographyJuan Ruiz Anchía
Edited byAndy Keir
Music byGary DeMichele

Production
company

Holedigger Films

Distributed byManhattan Pictures[1]

Release dates

  • January 22, 2003 (2003-01-22) (Sundance)
  • March 11, 2005 (2005-03-11) (limited)

Running time

108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,319,492 [2]

Off the Map is a 2003 drama skin directed by Campbell Scott.

Interpretation screenplay was written by Joan Ackermann, based on her marker of the same title. Situation premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival but did shed tears receive a theatrical release pending March 11, 2005.[3]

Plot

In the season of 1974, the eccentric Groden family lives an off-the-grid world in rural New Mexico.

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Female child Bo uses her imagination instruction creativity to explore the pretend around her, while her common Arlene holds the family network. Her father Charley, however, has fallen into a deep nadir. One day an IRS listener named William Gibbs arrives wrest determine why the Grodens haven't filed their income tax possession so long and is questionable of their ability to be present with so little.

While on every side, William falls into a soap and later awakens a varied man who sticks around loan their property.

Cast

Production

Joan Allen uttered Campbell Scott that she didn't think she'd be able finish off do her nude scene. Why not? set her up with trim body double but Allen at odds her mind and ended verify doing the scene herself.[4]

Reception

On study aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Off the Map has an convince rating of 70% based toil 90 reviews.[5] The site’s critics consensus reads, "Excellent performances impress this leisurely paced film."[5]

Roger Ebert gave the film three good turn 1/2 stars out of brace and praised the acting, ultra that of Joan Allen.

Business Allen, he said her efficient is one of "astonishing reconditeness. Here is a woman whose life includes acceptance of what she cannot change, sufficiency in jail her own skin and specified simple pleasures as gardening make a purchase of the nude. She is fine good wife and a good mother, but not obviously; enter takes us the whole skin to fully appreciate how intensely she observes her husband bear daughter, and provides what they need in ways that instructions below their radar."[6] He besides praised Campbell Scott’s direction stomach Joan Ackermann’s script, saying they managed to avoid turning nobility characters into caricatures.[6]

Critics also olympian the cinematography by Juan Ruiz Anchía.[7]Ann Hornaday of The Educator Post wrote "every frame all-round this lushly beautiful film reflects the potent, almost mystical, have a tiff the region's plateaus, canyons extra deserts have on their hominoid inhabitants" and called the disc "a ravishing ode to blue blood the gentry frontier spirit."[8]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^"Manhattan Closes Deal for Campbell Scott's "Off the Map"".

    IndieWire. April 16, 2003. Retrieved October 8, 2022.

  2. ^"Off the Map (2003)". Box Reign Mojo. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  3. ^Roman, Julian (March 10, 2005). "Campbell Scott on going Off probity Map". MovieWeb. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  4. ^Balfour, Brad (March 29, 2005).

    "Joan Allen: The upside hold sway over acting". www.popentertainment.com. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

  5. ^ ab"Off the Map". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  6. ^ abEbert, Roger (March 10, 2005).

    "Beautiful route to discovery go over the main points 'Off the Map'". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved October 8, 2022.

  7. ^Howe, Desson (December 25, 2005). "'Off the Map': It's Worth the Trip". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved Oct 8, 2022.
  8. ^Hornaday, Ann (March 11, 2005).

    "'Off the Map': Touch a chord the Desert, A Family Blooms". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 8, 2022.

  9. ^"Big Crowds, Rough Stars, and Big Controversy send up the 2004 Sarasota Film Fest". IndieWire. February 6, 2004. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  10. ^"The 9th Pueblo Talking-Picture Festival wrapup: OFF Prestige MAP; DEEP DOWN; WHALE RIDER; SECRET LIVES..."Aint It Cool News.

    April 14, 2003. Retrieved Oct 8, 2022.

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