The Myth of Fingerprints

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Product Details

Director : Bart Freundlich
Actor : Randee Allen, Arija Bareikis, Justin Barreto, Christopher Bauer, Nicholas Bourgeois
Format : Import, NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9780800193447
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 1999-04-20
UPC : 043396869431

ASIN : 080019344X

Editorial Reviews

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A Sundance Festival special, this indie family comedy-drama was given unduly harsh treatment by critics when it was released. Starring as the long-estranged son of an emotionally distant father, Noah Wyle comes home to his family for Thanksgiving in hopes of reconnecting with his old girlfriend, and receives unexpected results. But he's not the only one coming back. There's the brother with a cute fiancée (Hope Davis), who doesn't quite understand what all the tension is about. There's the glum sister (a hilarious Julianne Moore) who is down on love and everything else until she connects with a childhood acquaintance. And Mom (Blythe Danner) is there to referee it all. But the central conflict involves Wyle and his father (Roy Scheider in a wonderfully eccentric performance). --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

Creepy - nobody EVER discusses anything REAL .......... (2004-05-10)

I've watched this movie several times - to see if I missed anything before, just to see it again, because it's mesmerising (for me, anyway), and because I'm secretly hoping that it wasn't really THAT sick ......... the acting, photography, direction were all superb - the message came across so very true to life in every way ........... and because of all that, I often watch it when it's re-run on the tube; Noah Wyle does an excellent job of portaying the son who suffered so pointedly, the betrayal that goes on in this family - and as in all (or most anyway) families - this one is affected via the trickle down of the tone set by the parents - the father - Roy Scheider - isn't just distant; he's downright mean and destructive - blurred from being discerned clearly, because of his eccentricities - although I did feel that he contrived all of those too. And Blythe Danner did an excellent job of portraying the mother who goes on for decades overlooking her husband's cruel streaks, his creepy deceits, his silence, anger, and his tone-setting refusal to tolerate open communication; in spite of all this unpleasantness in the household, and the effect this all has/had on the now grown children - I enjoy this movie because it all "hangs together" so real and true. It's hard to believe that in this day and age, that there surely are families like this - who simply never communicate openly atall - ever!

disfunctional Wyle (2003-10-14)

lots of love making in this one. Wyle gives a great role as the son of a father and their lives arent really great as Wyle comes back after he is gone for awhile. Roy Schider is great too as Wyle's dad. people will note if there Alias fans that Michael Vartan of Alias is in this movie. powerful piece with some dry emotions.

I Know Them (2003-09-25)

Loved this movie with an all-star cast playing characters who seemed too familiar. Thanksgiving in Maine was the perfect setting for the 4 adult siblings who return home to display the "matured" issues of a very messed-up childhood. Nothing resolved, nothing tied neatly in a bow at the end, just like life. I recognized pieces of me, pieces of my sibling and of course, pieces of my parents - just a little more extreme, but enlightening.

If you want a dysfunctional Thanksgiving Family movie (2003-07-07)

go with Home for the Holidays instead. I caught Myth of Fingerprints on Lifetime and fell asleep before it ended. Why was I watching? Well, it's the whole car wreck thing. Kooky kid sister was annoying and trying way too hard. But the prize for annoyance is tied between Ms. TMI (too much information), the girlfriend of one of the brothers and the bug up her butt older sister. Ms. TMI likes to announce that she's having sex as often as possible, blah blah "let it all hang out" cakes. She's like one of my mom's cousins who makes me long for old school Irish Catholic repression of my grandparents generation.

Enjoyment interruptus (2003-01-06)

What an unsatisfying movie! It tried to encompass too much, left a myriad of threads dangling, and finished with an abrupt, ta-da! The End. I can't stand stories like this. The central issue is Warren't estrangement. Warren and his dad have a serious issue to discuss, although it is too painful to do so. OK, so like in real life some situations will never see a resolution. But what about the rest of the family? Why is Mia losing her memory? Is she sick? What about Jake's insecurities towards Margaret? Does the mother understand why her oldest son and husband don't get along? What about Leigh? Why does the father sleep-sing in the middle of the night? What's with the stoners? And Cezanne, where does he come from? Why even show a glimpse of these storylines if there is not going to be any attempt to follow up on ANY of them?

Julianne Moore does the best acting job in the film. In my opinion, Noah Wyle has a range of maybe five different facial expressions, worn out to death on ER, and he didn't expand on his repertoire for this movie. Move on to something more substantial.

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