I can't recall having a better time at a movie about depression.
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03/21/06
Lonesome Jim (2006)
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Reviews Counted:87
Fresh:51
Rotten:36
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Though Lonesome Jim is leavened by sweet, understated humor, it's hard to root for such a morose, self-defeating protagonist.
Synopsis: With LONESOME JIM, director Steve Buscemi delivers another low-budget gem about small-town American life. Boasting a fresh script courtesy of James C. Strouse, the film begins when 27-year-old Jim... [More]
Starring: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Seymour Cassel
Director: Steve Buscemi
Reviews for Lonesome Jim
Has the delighfully deadpan face of a Bill Murray.
03/20/06
Another product of the woefully inadequate InDigEnt company, who have almost never turned out an agreeable movie, Lonesome Jim feels as if it's from an earlier time and not in a good way.
03/01/06
Refreshingly, there’s more lethargy than awakening here...
02/09/06
It's such a joy to watch that we often forget it's basically about people who have lost the will to live
10/30/05
If you were to saddle Garden State with a far less likeable lead and set it in Indiana, you might end up with this small gem
04/20/05
There's a slightness to the mildly eccentric material here that leaves the whole enterprise in danger of fluttering away.
04/02/05
Top CriticA simple, no frills story-line told with total deadpan humor that fits in perfectly with the downward spiral of Jim's life.
04/02/05
There is a sweetness, eventually, under the detached comedy of this funny, uneven film.
04/02/05
Anchored by dry humor and purposefully understated performances, Lonesome Jim steadily builds in charm as it progresses.
04/02/05
Indie fans will eat it up like day old banana pudding.
04/01/05
Lonesome Jim is not going to become a generation’s anything the way Garden State is evolving, but it’s a decent sidebar
02/10/05
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