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Niagara, Niagara (1997)

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Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: When star-crossed misfits--he's pathologically shy and she has Tourette's syndrome--meet in the parking lot of a store from which they've each separately shoplifted, they know they're meant to be... When star-crossed misfits--he's pathologically shy and she has Tourette's syndrome--meet in the parking lot of a store from which they've each separately shoplifted, they know they're meant to be together. But their inability to fit in compels them to hit the road on a wild odyssey to nowhere. Nuanced, demanding performances lift this one above the more run-of-the-mill "lovers at large" fare. Tunney won the Best Actress cup at the Venice Film Festival. [More]

Starring: Robin Tunney, Henry Thomas, Michael Parks, Stephen Lang

Starring: Robin Tunney, Henry Thomas, Michael Parks, Stephen Lang, John Alexander MacKay

Director: Bob Gosse

Director: Bob Gosse
Producer: David L. Bushell
Screenwriter: Matthew Weiss
Composer: Jeff Bird, Michael Timmins

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Though ostensibly honest in its depiction of Tourette's, those with Tourette's may take offense at the implication that they're psychos

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Luke Y. Thompson
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New Times

Tunney...is often mesmerizing as the afflicted young woman. Niagara Niagara also boasts a fine soundtrack and was appealingly lensed in upstate New York.

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To term her work a tour-de-force is not to imply that she attacks the scenery; Tunney's effectiveness lies in her modulation and vulnerability.

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