Title:
Flesh and Bone
Released: 1993
Genre: Drama /
Mystery / Romance
Runtime: 126 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Tagline:
Evil is patient
Plot
Summary: Some thirty years after Arlis
witnesses his father murdering a family, he runs into
Kay, who happens to be the family's baby who was spared.
Kay and Arlis suspect nothing about each other, but
when his father returns, old wounds are reopened.
Comments:
Good acting, interesting plot. Quaid thoroughly impressed
me with his performance. Paltrow (still somewhat of
a rookie in this movie) and Ryan are decent, but I
fear that Caan may never replicate his "Godfather"
Days. Both Ryan and Paltrow have bits of gratuitous
nudity that could have easily been edited out without
extracting from the plot. I didn't really see a need
to make everybody a redneck, though it did add a little
bit to Arliss Sweeney's old-fashioned manners.
The plot
twist recaptures the viewer's attention, and the story
is too original for me to draw a comparison to another
movie. This is a must-see if you like movies with
spouses opposite each other (e.g. Cruise-Kidman, Willis-Moore
[though now divorced], Baldwin-Basinger, Quaid-Ryan,
etc.).
Cast
overview:
Dennis Quaid .... Arlis Sweeney
James Caan .... Roy Sweeney
Meg Ryan .... Kay Davies
Gwyneth Paltrow .... Ginnie
Scott Wilson .... Elliot
Christopher Rydell .... Reese Davies
Julia McNeal .... Sarah Willets
Ron Kuhlman .... Clem Willets
Jerry Swindall .... Young Arlis
Ryan Bohls .... Scotty Willets
Barbara Alyn Woods .... Cindy
James N. Harrell .... Woody
Gerardo Johnson .... Juan
Héctor García .... Nestor
Betsy Brantley .... Peg
Movie
scenes preview:
Scene #1
Scene
Description:
Gwyneth
Paltrow showing us the side of her left breast and nipple
while she changes clothes.
featured
actress:
