Floating Movie Review 1997

Van (Reedus) is a moody 20-year-old ex-high school swimming champ who's basically treading water. He looks after his drunken paraplegic father (Lyman) in their run-down cottage and drifts into home burglaries with two equally loser friends. It's Van's idea to stash their ill-gotten gains in the basement of his former family home--of course the empty dwelling immediately gets a new owner--and Van winds up befriending the family's son, Doug (Lowe), who's not only a swimming champ but has Dad problems as well. This male bonding leads to some (predictable) attitude changes but the sincerity of the cast goes a long way in overcoming the cliches.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Buddies, Dads, Burglars, Gays, On the Rocks, Physical Problems

Screenplay

William Roth

Cast

Norman Reedus, Chad Lowe, Will Lyman, Jonathan Quint, Josh Marchette, Sybil Temchen

Cinematography

Wolfgang Held

Director

William Roth

Music

David Mansfield

Producer

Anaye Milligan, Arclight Partners