Dallas 362 (2003)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 8
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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 5
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 1,327
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A pair of impulsive young men take different paths on the road to maturity in this drama, the first feature film from actor-turned-filmmaker Scott Caan. Rusty (Shawn Hatosy) and Dallas (Caan) are two buddies in their early twenties who live on the rundown underside of Los Angeles; they both have an appetite for alcohol and trouble, and would probably be in jail if it weren't for Rusty's understanding mother, Mary (Kelly Lynch). Mary is worried about her son, and when she begins dating an
Cast
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Scott Caan
Dallas -
Jeff Goldblum
Bob -
Shawn Hatosy
Rusty -
Kelly Lynch
Mary -
Heavy D
Bear -
Bob Gunton
Joe -
Marley Shelton
Amanda -
Val Lauren
Christian -
Selma Blair
Peg -
Isla Fisher
Redhead -
Freddy Rodriguez
Rubin -
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All Critics (20) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (8)
While Dallas 362 ultimately lacks the heft to make it anything more than an actors' showcase and Hollywood calling card, it does reveal a nascent talent for Caan.
Caan's directorial debut is eager to please, with flashy montage sequences, lots of colourful character bits ... black humour and a punk/blues score from the likes of Soledad Brothers and White Stripes.
Top CriticHas little personality of its own.
Dallas 362 is basically a road movie that doesn't really go anywhere.
Mr. Caan's debut film is not quite a whole thing, but it offers up enough promising fragments to make his sophomore effort worth watching for.
Caan shows with his rough-and-tumble character dramedy precisely why actors like to work for actors.
plays more like a vanity project from a rich kid who never got to do his share of macho posturing.
Seems made for 8 o'clock TV.
The Amateur Hour-and-40-Minutes.
The film's opening and closing credit sequences, with their wonderfully constructed preamble and epilogue, show Caan's filmmaking at its best and most fully articulated. We look forward to hearing more from him.
We instantly care about these loveable losers and begin rooting for them to make some wise decisions and break the cycle of violence.
startling and elucidative
Scott Caan has been an enjoyable presence in movies, but his confident eye behind the camera and on the page is even more noteworthy. Dallas 362 is as assured a debut as I've seen on the film festival circuit this year.
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[font=Century Gothic]Admittedly "Dallas 362" does tread over familiar ground but it is well directed along with excellent performances and authentic looking settings. I especially liked that it handled the psychology sessions with a lack of irony unlike so many other programs and movies recently. This is not to say there is not humor here, there is. It is just used wisely.[/font]