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Plot: Nicolas Cage once acted in a notably sexy and atmospheric New Orleans movie called Zandalee, so nostalgia may have recommended Sonny as a directorial debut project. The handsome young t...( read more read more... )itle character (James Franco) returns to his bordello-district home after Army service, wanting only to lead a normal life, work in a bookstore, meet a nice girl, and settle down. Sonny spent his pre-Army years expertly pleasuring well-to-do ladies, having been taught "everything he knows"--as we are oft reminded--by his own mother (Brenda Blethyn in sub-Tennessee Williams rampage). After discovering that "normal" people can be as fallible as lowlifes, our boy reluctantly resumes his former trade, with dispiriting results. Not half as dispiriting, though, as Cage's maiden directing effort. Marginal compensation is supplied by Harry Dean Stanton, sweetly weary as an old family friend, and the copiously zaftig Brenda Vaccaro (cf. Midnight Cowboy) as a once and future client. Cage himself turns up as a poodle-toting pimp named Acid Yellow. --Richard T. Jameson

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  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 5, 2008
    Love james, and this movie was sooo good. Not a movie for younger people(My mom doesnt know i saw it. AHA) but its really good. and james was hot,and his acting was like BAM!
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    October 2, 2007
    This movie is so wierd but good! Very interesting storyline. Nicolas Cage directing is subperb! James Franco played Sonny to the T.
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    September 23, 2007
    Beats you over the head a little with the theme, but excellent performances. Make-up finally covered those dark circles under Franco's eyes.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 15, 2007
    Like the ending, where theres not really an ending. But this movie is depressing, doesnt really have an ending, jus hanging there. James Franco is handsome though. And young.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 21, 2007
    I don't really know what to say about this movie...kind of strange. I only watced it becasue I like Nicolas Cage and James Franco.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 22, 2007
    This wasn't a bad movie. I was surprised at James Franco as I hadn't really liked stuff he'd done in Spiderman. He's a much better pouter here and the story is interesting.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 8, 2007
    This was dark and dramatic with excellent performances by the entire cast. Nicolas Cage's cameo was well worth the wait!
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 8, 2007
    New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 19, 2007
    i loved the trickiness of the ending, but overall it was a really weird film, and not in the best way.

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