Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Paul Le Mat
Vietnam veteran Leon Barlow is struggling as a writer, and his personal life isn't much better. His unsympathetic ex-wife Marilyn doesn't approve of his visits with his two children, and he has proble...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 24, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (48)
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March 3, 2009loved the writing- A. Howard and Winger were excellent & great visual imagery
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March 26, 2008A beer-soaked poem of a movie. It's pretty slow-moving, but Arliss Howard's performance and his use of surreality help to capture the chaotic, frustrating, poetic life of Leon Barlow. Everybody in this one provides strong performances, particularly Paul Le Mat as Barlow's amiab...( read more)
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May 24, 2007I actually watched this movie by accident - it caught my attention & I couldn't turn it off. Not in my genre preferences, not even remotely something I would pick off the shelf to rent normally - but an excellent thought provoking movie. Realistic & stunning.
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April 11, 2007Another flick about an alcoholic trying to make it as a writer, based on the writings of Larry Brown, an excellent author.
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April 9, 2007an odd film about a southern author's day to day struggles with success and happiness
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March 15, 2007best movie ever. based upon the collected short stories of larry brown, one of the best writers who ever lived
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February 11, 2007Sometimes I love stories from the south. Anything Tennessee Williams, for example. Othertimes, it's just plain boring, like this one.
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January 30, 2007This was an amazing and unique film in how it is both directed and filmed. Clever and smart - heartcrushing and soul revealing. Rings as true as a bell and if you don't hear it ringing you've lost yourself somewhere along the way. A real piece of art.
Critic Reviews
June 21, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
March 29, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The film often achieves a mesmerizing poetry. full review
March 28, 2002
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Brims with passion: for words, for its eccentric, accident-prone characters, and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life. full review
March 15, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It all comes down to whether you can tolerate Leon Barlow. I can't. full review
February 22, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
there's enough meat on the bones of Big Bad Love ... to keep it from being dismissable. full review
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