Tenderness (2009) 5.5
A policeman works to figure out whether a violent teen murdered his family. Director:John Polson |
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Tenderness (2009) 5.5
A policeman works to figure out whether a violent teen murdered his family. Director:John Polson |
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Russell Crowe | ... | ||
Jon Foster | ... |
Eric Poole
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Sophie Traub | ... |
Lori
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Laura Dern | ... |
Aunt Teresa
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Alexis Dziena | ... | ||
Arija Bareikis | ... |
Marsha
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Tim Hopper | ... |
Dan Komenko
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Vivienne Benesch | ... |
Lisa Komenko
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Brian Patrick Russell | ... |
Facility Director
(as Brian Russell)
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Lou Sumrall | ... |
Cafeteria Guard
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Tanya Clarke | ... |
Jackie Cristofuoro
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Michael Kelly | ... |
Gary
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Lee R. Sellars | ... |
Sam
(as Lee Sellars)
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Matt Pepper | ... |
Ben
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Saul Stein | ... |
Another Guard
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Three lives. Buffalo detective Lt. Cristofuoro, whose catatonic wife is in hospital, takes a special interest in Eric Komenko, a juvenile who killed his parents and will be freed on his 18th birthday. So has Lori Cranston, 15 or 16, her body fully developed and the object of lust by her boss and her mother's new boyfriend. She keeps a scrapbook about Eric, and when he's released from custody, she hides in the backseat of his car, insisting he take her with him on a trip toward Albany where he's planning to meet a girl. Cristofuoro is certain Eric will kill again, so he follows. It's clear early on that Cristofuoro's probably right, but what's Lori's motivation? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Very slow moving. Very predictable ending. If it didn't have Russell C in it, I don't think it would have seen the light of day.
You keep watching for some injection of... anything really! It tries to be very character driven, but you really don't give a toss for any of them because the subject matter is so boring.
Some say the ending is a good old "didn't see that coming"... to them I say "RUBBISH".
Trailer made it look suspenseful, eery, even challenging... none of this comes through. For such a short film you feel like you've been watching it for days.
Me and my girlfriend both thought the other was liking it so neither of us said anything until the end... she broke the silence at the credits, "Well that was pure sh**" lol. I didn't disagree.