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Lymelife
Sign in to saveLymelife is a 2008 American comedy-drama film written by brothers Derick Martini and Steven Martini, and directed by Derick Martini, depicting aspects of their life in 1970s Long Island from a teenager's perspective. It stars Alec Baldwin, Rory Culkin, Kieran Culkin and Emma Roberts. Martin Scorsese served as an executive producer. The film debuted at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008, and won the International Federation of Film Critics Award (FIPRESCI). After its theatrical release in 2009, writer director Derick Martini was nominated for a Gotham Award for Break
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6.1A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his father, his mother, and his brother, are not exactly who he thought they were. They are flawed and they are human.
Cast
- Rory Culkin as Scott Bartlett
- Jill Hennessy as Brenda Bartlett
- Emma Roberts as Adriana Bragg
- Alec Baldwin as Mickey Bartlett
- Kieran Culkin as Jimmy Bartlett
- Timothy Hutton as Charlie Bragg
Themes
- adultery
- virgin
- dreams
- alcohol
- change
- marriage
- love
- american
- divorce
- family
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
14,677 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
Metacritic
64/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- dysfunctional family
- Director
- Derick Martini
- Screenwriter
- Derick Martini
- Cast member
- Timothy Hutton
- Producer
- Martin Scorsese
- Narrative location
- New York
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 704975
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.screenmediafilms.net/lymelife
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 2008-01-01
- title
- Lymelife
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 64/100
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Lymelife is a 2008 American comedy-drama film written by brothers Derick Martini and Steven Martini, and directed by Derick Martini, depicting aspects of their life in 1970s Long Island from a teenager's perspective. It stars Alec Baldwin, Rory Culkin, Kieran Culkin and Emma Roberts. Martin Scorsese served as an executive producer. The film debuted at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008, and won the International Federation of Film Critics Award (FIPRESCI). After its theatrical release in 2009, writer director Derick Martini was nominated for a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director.
==Plot== Set in 1979 Syosset, Long Island, New York, Lymelife follows two families, the Bartletts and the Braggs, who crumble when tangled relationships, real-estate problems, and Lyme disease converge in the heart of suburbia. 15-year-old Scott Bartlett is a gentle boy, radically different from his blustery father Mickey and mother Brenda. An outbreak of Lyme disease, as well as the accompanying paranoia, hits their community hard.
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