Close Call (2003)
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The harrowing journey of a desperate teenage girl trapped in a self-destructive downward spiral offers an illuminating portrait of the breakdown of the contemporary American family in director Jimmy Lee's tragic coming of age story. Jenny Kim is a sixteen-year-old girl who was raised on the… More The harrowing journey of a desperate teenage girl trapped in a self-destructive downward spiral offers an illuminating portrait of the breakdown of the contemporary American family in director Jimmy Lee's tragic coming of age story. Jenny Kim is a sixteen-year-old girl who was raised on the soiled streets of Los Angeles, and when family strife drives her parents to divorce the confused young girl the horrors of the outside world seem to break down the doors of her once-happy home as well. Now, as Jenny struggles against her growing feelings of abandonment and alienation while trapped in a suffocating cultural limbo, her fragile vulnerability leaves her open to temptation and the damaging influences of drugs and hard partying. Though her mother's attempts to break through to Jenny seem to have little effect on the confused teen, her father David proves that he is willing to make every sacrifice necessary to help his troubled daughter turn her life around before it's too late. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jimmy Lee
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 16, 2004 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Ineptitude abounds in this ham-fisted thirteen wannabe.
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Robert Koehler, Variety
Too inconsequential and too earnest to belong in the So Bad It's Good category; rather, it's merely bad.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Silly, often unintentionally hilarious potboiler.
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Brent Simon, Entertainment Today
A poorly executed DIY production replete with all the un-tethered irresponsibility and overly demonstrative signifiers one would expect.
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Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
Lee has heaped so many social ills on his heroine that it's difficult to buy any of it.
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Cast
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Annie Lee
as Jenny
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Philip Moon
as David
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Faleena Hopkins
as Becky
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Jeff Fahey
as Elliot
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Christina Ma
as Joanne
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Angie Lee
as Tanya
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Frayne Rosanoff
as Ricky
- Alexia Aleman
- Kaye Lu
- Mathew Botuchis
