From executive producer Martin Scorsese and producer Alec Baldwin comes LYMELIFE, a funny, biting and loving tribute to the American family directed by Derick Martini, making his directorial debut. Award-winning filmmakers Derick and his brother Steven collaborated on the script based on their experiences growing up on suburban Long Island.
LYMELIFE, opeming in movie theaters April 8th, is a story about the dark side of suburban paradise and the loss of innocence centers on two deeply troubled, dysfunctional families during the late 1970s. The film revolves around an awkward, sensitive 15-year old boy, Scott Bartlett (brilliantly played by Rory Culkin), whose family life is turned upside-down after an outbreak of Lyme disease hits the community spreading illness and paranoia. Scott’s parents -- a workaholic father, Mickey (Alec Baldwin) and an overprotective mother, Brenda (Jill Hennessy) -- are on the verge of a divorce as his older brother Jim (Kieran Culkin) is about to ship off for war. Complicating matters, Scott has fallen in love with his next door neighbor, Adrianna Bragg (Emma Roberts). Adrianna seems to be the only person in the world who understands Scott demonstrated by her equally troubled, less affluent family including an uptight mother, Melissa (Cynthia Nixon), carrying on a not-so-clandestine love affair, and a father, Charlie (Timothy Hutton), slowly slipping away from the effects of Lyme disease. Both profoundly funny and deeply moving, LYMELIFE looks at first love and family dynamics during a time of drastic economic and cultural change.
The ensemble cast is terrific, but Rory Culkin and Emma Roberts as the young teens steal the show. Their performances are fresh, real, and poignant. Alec Baldwin plays the philandering husband to perfection, and Jill Hennessy’s performance is brilliant and light years from her Law & Order assistant DA character. Cynthia Nixon is great in the role of the sexy cheating wife, and Timothy Hutton is frighteningly insane. Lymelife is funny and poignant, and eventhough the ending is foreshadowed, it is jolting none the less.
LYMELIFE, opeming in movie theaters April 8th, is a story about the dark side of suburban paradise and the loss of innocence centers on two deeply troubled, dysfunctional families during the late 1970s. The film revolves around an awkward, sensitive 15-year old boy, Scott Bartlett (brilliantly played by Rory Culkin), whose family life is turned upside-down after an outbreak of Lyme disease hits the community spreading illness and paranoia. Scott’s parents -- a workaholic father, Mickey (Alec Baldwin) and an overprotective mother, Brenda (Jill Hennessy) -- are on the verge of a divorce as his older brother Jim (Kieran Culkin) is about to ship off for war. Complicating matters, Scott has fallen in love with his next door neighbor, Adrianna Bragg (Emma Roberts). Adrianna seems to be the only person in the world who understands Scott demonstrated by her equally troubled, less affluent family including an uptight mother, Melissa (Cynthia Nixon), carrying on a not-so-clandestine love affair, and a father, Charlie (Timothy Hutton), slowly slipping away from the effects of Lyme disease. Both profoundly funny and deeply moving, LYMELIFE looks at first love and family dynamics during a time of drastic economic and cultural change.
The ensemble cast is terrific, but Rory Culkin and Emma Roberts as the young teens steal the show. Their performances are fresh, real, and poignant. Alec Baldwin plays the philandering husband to perfection, and Jill Hennessy’s performance is brilliant and light years from her Law & Order assistant DA character. Cynthia Nixon is great in the role of the sexy cheating wife, and Timothy Hutton is frighteningly insane. Lymelife is funny and poignant, and eventhough the ending is foreshadowed, it is jolting none the less.
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