Sean Astin's superbly moving performance nearly saves this flick.
The Low Life (1995)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:5
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: This black comedy explores the dreary lives of a group of frustrated college graduates in Los Angeles. After finishing his studies at Yale, John travels to Hollywood with dreams of finding... This black comedy explores the dreary lives of a group of frustrated college graduates in Los Angeles. After finishing his studies at Yale, John travels to Hollywood with dreams of finding success as an author. However, things don't quite work out. Along with his buddies from college, John spends much of his time goofing around. With his writing going nowhere, he takes a temporary job working for a credit card company, and then for a slum lord. Into John's life steps Andrew, a nerd who becomes his new roommate. Friendly to an extreme, Andrew quickly is made the target of abuse by John and his friends, who can't bear the newcomer's niceness. Meanwhile, John also repulses the advances of a pretty Southern floozy who keeps coming on to him. Will John and his slacker buddies manage to find a direction for their aimless lives? [More]
Starring: Sean Astin, Rory Cochrane, Ron Livingston, Jefferson Mays
Starring: Sean Astin, Rory Cochrane, Ron Livingston, Jefferson Mays, Sara Melson, Christian Meoli, Kyra Sedgwick, Shawnee Smith, J.T. Walsh, Renee Zelwegger, James Le Gros
Director: George Hickenlooper
Director: George Hickenlooper
Composer: Bill Boll
Screenwriter: John Enbom, George Hickenlooper
Story: John Enbom
Producer: Donald Zuckerman, Tobin Heminway
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Hickenlooper shows these lonely, mediocre people for what they are but without ever condescending to them or nudging us to feel superior to them.
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.
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.
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