Niagara, Niagara Movie Review 1997

Marcy (Tunney) is a victim of Tourette's Syndrome, which causes the sufferer to twitch and unleash strings of profanity that would make a longshoreman blush. She meets shy, introverted Seth (Thomas) while they're both shoplifting, and it's love at first sight. They hit the road, supposedly for a doll that Marcy believes can be found in Toronto, but in reality because they are already outcasts at home. When Seth is injured in a botched pharmacy robbery, they're taken in by fellow oddball Walter, a tow truck driver who dotes on a pet chicken named after his dead wife. All of these lost characters are on a road to nowhere, and are pulled apart by Marcy's bourbon-fueled tics and tantrums. Compelling performance by Tunney carries the rest of this dull, flat movie on its back.

Distribution

Artisan Entertainment, 2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Phone: (310)449-9200, Fax: (310)255-3730, URL: http://www.artisanent.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 96 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Disease of the Week, Anti-Heroes, Bad Dads, Physical Problems, Lovers on the Lam, Niagara Falls, Rebel Without a Cause, Road Trip

Screenplay

Matthew Weiss

Cast

Robin Tunney, Henry Thomas, Michael Parks, Stephen Lang, John MacKay

Cinematography

Michael Spiller

Director

Bob Gosse

Music

Michael Timmins, Jeff Bird

Producer

Larry Meistrich, Shooting Gallery