Lymelife

Sometime late in “Lymelife” the director Derick Martini cuts to a close-up of a weeping teenager with a shot so tightly framed you can see the glistening curves of the tears clinging to the boy’s eyelashes. It’s an unexpectedly moving image, a reminder that the close-up, in its ability to bring us near to the poetry of the human face, remains one of cinema’s most potent if often squandered techniques. [...] Vai alla recensione »

The setting is Long Island in 1979. Lyme disease is a threat to suburban families who don't need a deer tick to break down emotionally. Alec Baldwin excels as Mickey, a realtor who cheats on his wife (Jill Hennessey) with the wife (Cynthia Nixon) of his friend (Timothy Hutton), who is depressed beyond the help of antibiotics. Mickey disgusts his son Scott (Rory Culkin), who is crushing hard on Adrianna [...] Vai alla recensione »

Lymelife" resides in a suburban netherworld with "American Beauty," "The Ice Storm" and "Snow Angels," where the American Dream staggers out of bed every morning to coffee and ennui. But in this case, there are some laughs as well, as this keenly observed film wrenches gallows humor out of a crumbling family. And, like the Lyme disease-carrying ticks haunting the woods around the neighborhood, it's [...] Vai alla recensione »