Angelenos meet on Christmas Eve through chance, tragedy and divine intervention.
Velvet Larry is the sleazy owner of the strip club where Rose Johnny dances.
Qwerty Doolittle is a mortician who falls in love with her. Randall is the head of a corporate crime organisation who tries to convince a former employee not to seek vengeance on his former co-workers.
Charlie is a suicidal ex-priest. Lexus is a transsexual prostitute who shares an unexpected bond with the priest.....
The colour hues and the editing set the mood for this movie. If you are feeling down, take heed, this isn't easy going fare. But for the ninety minutes we are involved in these peoples life, one cannot help but feel solace.
The acting is great by everyone, and it's good to see Liotta not taking a role just for the cash, in fact this is his best performance since Narc, and the man has made a lot of films since then.
there are comparisons to other movies in this sub-genre, short cuts, the air that i breathe and even magnolia, and the only hindrance to this is that you know the chatachters will end up knowing someone come the end.
But Whitaker stands out in this movie, he is surely the heart and soul and the most believable character from the whole ensemble.
Like i've said before, it's a good movie, very bitter and glum in parts, but with a 'happyish' ending.
Just wish Liotta didn't do the old Jack Torrance impression at the end, it kind of ruined the movie a little.
Velvet Larry is the sleazy owner of the strip club where Rose Johnny dances.
Qwerty Doolittle is a mortician who falls in love with her. Randall is the head of a corporate crime organisation who tries to convince a former employee not to seek vengeance on his former co-workers.
Charlie is a suicidal ex-priest. Lexus is a transsexual prostitute who shares an unexpected bond with the priest.....
The colour hues and the editing set the mood for this movie. If you are feeling down, take heed, this isn't easy going fare. But for the ninety minutes we are involved in these peoples life, one cannot help but feel solace.
The acting is great by everyone, and it's good to see Liotta not taking a role just for the cash, in fact this is his best performance since Narc, and the man has made a lot of films since then.
there are comparisons to other movies in this sub-genre, short cuts, the air that i breathe and even magnolia, and the only hindrance to this is that you know the chatachters will end up knowing someone come the end.
But Whitaker stands out in this movie, he is surely the heart and soul and the most believable character from the whole ensemble.
Like i've said before, it's a good movie, very bitter and glum in parts, but with a 'happyish' ending.
Just wish Liotta didn't do the old Jack Torrance impression at the end, it kind of ruined the movie a little.