Off the Map [DVD] - 6950

Amazon.com Off the Map avoids conventional drama (hardly any event leads to an outcome you could expect) but the lean, sharp dialogue and superb performances make this movie a rich, human comedy. A young girl named Bo, living in the New Mexico desert, rebels against her bohemian parents by reading Forbes magazine and applying for credit cards. Her father Charley (Sam Elliott, Tombstone) has sunk deep into a paralyzing depression; her resilient, industrious mother Arlene (Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger) alternates between gently supporting Charley and railing against his zombie-like state. Into this off-balance family comes a tax auditor (Jim True-Frost, Singles), who--after being stung by a bee and lapsing into a sudden fever--becomes an accidental catalyst for change. In her movie debut as Bo, Valentina de Angelis gives a wonderful performance, head and shoulders above most actors her age. Campbell Scott's direction, as with his first film Big Night, is warm but not sappy; he has a gift for letting a story wander without it ever getting lost. The New Mexico landscape glows in the sun and helps give Off the Map a quiet but mysterious vision of life. --Bret Fetzer Product Description In the middle of the desert landscape of northern New Mexico, an extraordinary family is on a journey of self-discovery. In a place that seems off the map, their lives are transformed as they findsuccess in their own subtle ways.
ASIN: B0009S4J1O
VSKU: 5ALWH00008IX_ns
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Joan Allen|Amy Brenneman|Sam Elliott|Valentina De Angelis|J. D. Hawkins|Campbell Scott|George VanBuskirk|Holedigger Films Inc.; Mixed Company Theatre; New Films International
Binding: Dvd