L.I.E. (Long Island Expressway)
1,221
Drama
One of the most astonishing American independent films in years, L.I.E. tells the story of fifteen-year-old Howie, a young New Jersey native whose life falls apart around him, but who also ends up finding himself during the process. After Howie's mother dies his father, a corrupt building contractor, can barely keep tabs on his new girlfriend, let alone his son's emotional needs. To cope with the pressures that he is under, Howie begins ... [+]
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United States | Rolling Stone | "It's a powerful and provocative achievement from a first-time filmmaker of enormous promise." | POS |
United States | The Washington Post | "Gripping, troubling and deftly acted" | POS |
United States | Baltimore Sun | "One of the year's most unsettling -- and perhaps most illuminating -- films." | POS |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "Like 'Happiness' and 'American Beauty' it takes an unflinching look at the darker aspects of life in American suburbia." | POS |
United States | Miami Herald | "A mature, insightful and extremely well-acted study of a boy at a crossroads in his life" | POS |
United States | Philadelphia Inquirer | "A disturbing and provocative study of adolescence and isolation" | POS |
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