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Secrets
After his wife's (Melissa Leo) death, Easy Kimbrough (Bruce Dern), a small town butcher, grieves his loss but also keeps secret the affair he's been having for many years. His son, 20-something Beagle (Aaron Stanford), works in a high school cafeteria and had been his ailing mother's primary caretaker. He resents the fact that his older brother, Guy (Jayce Bartok), abandoned the family three years before and left Beagle with so much responsibility. When Guy returns to town, too late even for his mother's funeral, Easy is just happy to have his boys together again, but Beagle needs to work out his anger.
Guy finds his old girlfriend Stephanie (Miriam Shor) has moved on with her life without him. Beagle strikes up a secret relationship with a high school girl, Georgia (Kristen Stewart), who has a terminal neuromuscular disease. Her bizarre mother (Marylouise Burke) is very controlling and overprotective of Georgia and yet has exploited Georgia's illness for artistic and and financial gain. With the encouragement of her mother's boyfriend (Thomas Cavanagh), Georgia becomes he aggressor in the relationship with Beagle. Meanwhile Georgia's supportive grandmother (Elizabeth Ashley) has her own secret revealed.
A quirky ensemble piece set in rural upstate NY.
Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson.
Run time: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Rated R for some language and sexual material involving a teen.
My personal rating: B
After his wife's (Melissa Leo) death, Easy Kimbrough (Bruce Dern), a small town butcher, grieves his loss but also keeps secret the affair he's been having for many years. His son, 20-something Beagle (Aaron Stanford), works in a high school cafeteria and had been his ailing mother's primary caretaker. He resents the fact that his older brother, Guy (Jayce Bartok), abandoned the family three years before and left Beagle with so much responsibility. When Guy returns to town, too late even for his mother's funeral, Easy is just happy to have his boys together again, but Beagle needs to work out his anger.
Guy finds his old girlfriend Stephanie (Miriam Shor) has moved on with her life without him. Beagle strikes up a secret relationship with a high school girl, Georgia (Kristen Stewart), who has a terminal neuromuscular disease. Her bizarre mother (Marylouise Burke) is very controlling and overprotective of Georgia and yet has exploited Georgia's illness for artistic and and financial gain. With the encouragement of her mother's boyfriend (Thomas Cavanagh), Georgia becomes he aggressor in the relationship with Beagle. Meanwhile Georgia's supportive grandmother (Elizabeth Ashley) has her own secret revealed.
A quirky ensemble piece set in rural upstate NY.
Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson.
Run time: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Rated R for some language and sexual material involving a teen.
My personal rating: B
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