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HOLLYWOOD , November 4, 2002
CLAY SMITH SCREENING ROOM
TULLY
If
you want to discover a real film treasure, then seek out this
little gem of a movie. It's going to be difficult for this small
sleeper to find its way amid the onslaught of end-of-the-year
big-studio blockbusters, and that will be a shame.
"Tully" is a story about fathers and sons, family
secrets and loss but most of all about the ever awkward period
between adolescence and adulthood. The story centers on Tully
Coates Jr., a handsome and sexy lady killer who constantly clashes
with his distant father, a man who has never stopped mourning
the untimely death of his beloved wife, which left him to raise
two little sons alone on a rural Nebraska dairy farm.
Anson
Mount gives a star making performance as young Tully, and the
rest of the young cast shines admirably. Watching "Tully,"
I was pleasantly reminded of two of my favorite movie classics:
"Hud" and "The Last Picture Show."
Rarely
has a film about rural America been as touching and smart as
this one, sensitively written, beautifully shot and solidly
directed.
