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Jeff Bridges may be the American film actor with the most unseen great performances to his credit. Near the top of the list of Bridges's most overlook...(read more...) ed films is this one, the first fiction film by documentary maker Martin Bell (Streetwise). Bridges plays Jack, an ex-con fresh out of prison and back in Seattle, where he is joined by Nick (Edward Furlong), a teenage son he barely knows. Nick wants nothing more than to spend time with Jack, to feel like a family. But Jack can barely cope with the concept of holding a job and staying out of trouble; he can hardly take care of himself, let alone be responsible for a teenager. Bell shows the toll on both as they slowly develop a bond and, after several false starts, learn to trust and care for each other. Bridges is magnificent as this loner who must learn to trust feelings he'd given up on years before. It's an involving and tragic tale. --Marshall Fine

Director: Martin Bell

MPAA: R

Running Time: 114 min.

Release Date: May 07, 1993

Cast: Don Harvey, Edward Furlong, Greg Sevigny, Jayne Entwistle, Jeff Bridges, John Boylan, Kit McDonough, Lacinda Jenney, Melvyn Hayward, Roosevelt Franklin, Willie Williams