This is the simple story of 4 friends who are clam diggers, there families were clam diggers for many generations past.
The time period is 1976 in a small town in Long Island,N.Y. The people & situations are real, This drama could have taken place anywhere off any Coast,It could be about small fish,.
These are people with families trying to make a living & raise there families.
Ken Marino wrote the screenplay & has a nice role as well. Katherine Dieckmann directed. It has a cast of mainly featured players in film & Television, Paul Rudd, Maura Tierney, Lauren Ambrose, Ron Eldard. Sara Paulson, Josh Hamilton & Ken Marino are the main players and all are very good. The film is well made,the music is of the period.
I liked the movie BUT this could have & should have been better. It is possible if a male directed,it would have been better.
One other problem I did have was that even though people did smoke heavily in the l970's,It seemed to be forced & not natural, like the actors were not into smoking.
The movie had a very short theatrical run in on under 20 screens in 2007. It did deserve better.
Due to its R rating (language & drug use),it is not for children they would be bored as it is too mature for them
It is worthwhile to see, don't expect much,there are a few funny scenes,but this is mainly a drams.
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 81 points(out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)
The time period is 1976 in a small town in Long Island,N.Y. The people & situations are real, This drama could have taken place anywhere off any Coast,It could be about small fish,.
These are people with families trying to make a living & raise there families.
Ken Marino wrote the screenplay & has a nice role as well. Katherine Dieckmann directed. It has a cast of mainly featured players in film & Television, Paul Rudd, Maura Tierney, Lauren Ambrose, Ron Eldard. Sara Paulson, Josh Hamilton & Ken Marino are the main players and all are very good. The film is well made,the music is of the period.
I liked the movie BUT this could have & should have been better. It is possible if a male directed,it would have been better.
One other problem I did have was that even though people did smoke heavily in the l970's,It seemed to be forced & not natural, like the actors were not into smoking.
The movie had a very short theatrical run in on under 20 screens in 2007. It did deserve better.
Due to its R rating (language & drug use),it is not for children they would be bored as it is too mature for them
It is worthwhile to see, don't expect much,there are a few funny scenes,but this is mainly a drams.
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 81 points(out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)