Claire Dolan (1998)
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25% of critics liked it
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56% of users liked it
(297 ratings)
American filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan (Clean, Shaven) directed this French production, set in New York. Dublin native Claire (Katrin Cartlidge of Naked and Career Girls) is a New York prostitute constantly working to eliminate her debt to menacing Roland Cain (Colm Meaney), who's known her since she… More American filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan (Clean, Shaven) directed this French production, set in New York. Dublin native Claire (Katrin Cartlidge of Naked and Career Girls) is a New York prostitute constantly working to eliminate her debt to menacing Roland Cain (Colm Meaney), who's known her since she was a child. After the death of her mother, Claire sets out to unleash her pent-up feelings and gain control of her life. She meets a guy in a bar and has sex, is befriended by calm cabbie Elton (Vincent D'Onofrio), visits her Newark cousin, plays with her niece, and eventually tells Elton that she wants to have a baby. Atonal score by Ahrin Mishan and Simon Fisher. Shown in competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lodge Kerrigan
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
- In Theaters
- Nov 18, 1998 Wide
- On DVD
- Feb 21, 2006
- Studio
- New Yorker Films
Critic Reviews
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Hannah Brown, New York Post
In spite of Cartlidge's impressive performance in the lead, the film is simply not as involving or moving as it should be.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
[Kerrigan] accepts the challenge of central characters who do not let us know what they're thinking.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
Devotes so much of its energy to building and sustaining a mood of urban desolation that the story never quite jells.
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J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Less awful than inert, Claire Dolan comes across as a willfully bad movie.
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Jeremiah Kipp, Filmcritic.com
Clinically austere.
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Cast
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Katrin Cartlidge
as Claire Dolan
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Vincent D'Onofrio
as Elton Garrett
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Colm Meaney
as Roland Cain
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John Doman
as Cain's Friend
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Maryann Plunkett
as Mary Egan
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Miranda Stuart Rhyne
as Angela
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Kate Skinner
as Madeline Garrett
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David Little
as Man In Chicago Cafe
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Lola Pashalinski
as Salon Client #2
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Jim Frangione
as Man In Bar
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Ed Hodson
as Driver
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Tom Gilroy
as $1000 Trick
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John Ventimiglia
as Newark Cab Driver