The Low Life (1995)
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 4
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 0
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In this drama set in Los Angeles, a group of Yale graduates spend their days as mindless workers at a mundane job and their nights as mooching barflies who enjoy cutting down other patrons with their smart-mouth comments. The main character John loses his roommate and must move into the filthy apartment of Andy, a strange sort who collects and paints Nazi soldier figurines. John later gets a temporary job with a conniving slum lord. Following a failed romance, John suffers a "controlled mental
Jun 28, 1996 Wide
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Cast
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Rory Cochrane
John -
Kyra Sedgwick
Bevan -
Ron Livingston
Chad -
Sean Astin
Andy -
James LeGros
Mike Jr. -
Sara Melson
Suzie -
Christian J. Meoli
Leonard -
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J.T. Walsh
Mike Sr. -
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A modest but deeply felt film with a solid ensemble cast.
Top CriticHickenlooper shows these lonely, mediocre people for what they are but without ever condescending to them or nudging us to feel superior to them.
The movie belongs to Astin, who brings to the role of Andrew the same intense burning-eyed sincerity with which he imbued the title role of a football-obsessed Notre Dame student in Rudy.
Sean Astin's superbly moving performance nearly saves this flick.
Preternaturally sleazy but strangely watchable.
Cochrane, Sedgwick and the always-cast- for-dopey LeGros are fine, but it's Astin that again shines, and it's primarily his performance that makes The Low Life an engaging sit.
There's something beguiling about The Low Life.
Audience Reviews for The Low Life
was interested to see cuz i like off-beat movies. this was depressing and frustrating, however the acting was good
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If the cast had any dignity, they would go out and buy all the copies of this film and burn them along with Writer / Director George Hickenlooper and Writer John Enbom