Close Call (2004)

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The harrowing journey of a desperate teenage girl trapped in a self-destructive downward spiral offers an illuminating portrait of the breakdown of the contemporary American family in director Jimmy Lee's tragic coming of age story. Jenny Kim is a sixteen-year-old girl who was raised on the soiled streets of Los Angeles, and when family strife drives her parents to divorce the confused young girl the horrors of the outside world seem to break down the doors of her once-happy home as well. Now, as Jenny struggles against her growing feelings of abandonment and alienation while trapped in a suffocating cultural limbo, her fragile vulnerability leaves her open to temptation and the damaging influences of drugs and hard partying. Though her mother's attempts to break through to Jenny seem to have little effect on the confused teen, her father David proves that he is willing to make every sacrifice necessary to help his troubled daughter turn her life around before it's too late.

Cast

Annie Lee
as Jenny
Philip Moon
as David
Faleena Hopkins
as Becky
Jeff Fahey
as Elliot
Christina Ma
as Joanne
Angie Lee
as Tanya
Frayne Rosanoff
as Ricky
Jan Devereaux
as Modeling Instructor
Adoni Maropis
as Pimp
Drew Fuller
as Sam
Mathew Botuchis
as George Krasner
Kathleen Hickey
as Mrs. Williams
Alexia Aleman
as Cathy
Mary Linda Phillips
as Counselor
Kaye Lu
as Young Jenny
James Quattrochi
as Chester
Janet Hoskins
as Judge
Susan Talbot
as Sharon Krasner
Marsha Fee Berger
as Mrs. Williams
Adam Lebow
as Richard's Brother
Michel Bayan
as Police Officer
Matthew Saxe
as Cousin at Party
Robert Frank Telfer
as HS Principal
Rosalinde Tropper
as Co-Star `Blondie'
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Critic Reviews for Close Call

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (4)

Ineptitude abounds in this ham-fisted thirteen wannabe.

May 4, 2004
Hollywood Reporter
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Too inconsequential and too earnest to belong in the So Bad It's Good category; rather, it's merely bad.

Apr 28, 2004
Variety
Top Critic

Lee has heaped so many social ills on his heroine that it's difficult to buy any of it.

Apr 16, 2004 | Full Review…
L.A. Weekly
Top Critic

Silly, often unintentionally hilarious potboiler.

Apr 16, 2004 | Rating: 1/5
Los Angeles Times
Top Critic

A poorly executed DIY production replete with all the un-tethered irresponsibility and overly demonstrative signifiers one would expect.

Apr 26, 2004 | Rating: D- | Full Review…
Entertainment Today
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