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In its keenly observed account of a woman perched at the crossroads of life and self-realization, Tumbleweeds crystallizes the manifold impressive talents of Gavin O'Connor. Culling his narrative from the dusty backwaters of the working-class South, O'Connor delivers characters nuanced with frailty and defiance and a tone that ricochets between savagery, humor, and compassion. As in that memorable road movie Thelma and Louise, what results is a beautiful, offbeat romance about two individuals discovering sisterhood and the path to self-definition. Notching up yet-another ex-husband, abuse, and disappointment, Mary Jo grabs her meager possessions; her feisty, foul-mouthed daughter, Ava; and her tattered shards of optimism and hits the road in search of a new love interest and support provider. After a former high-school prospect proves dismal, Ava convinces her mom to take a chance on life in the picture-perfect suburbs of Starlight Beach. But within weeks of settling into independence, Mary Jo reconnects with a truck driver from their travels and moves willfully into what seems like fated co- dependency. With Ava enrolled in school and experiencing for the first time a sense of normalcy and stability, Mary Jo wrestles with the impulse to run again, a decision that this time may devastate the bond between mother and child. Anchoring the film's impassioned naturalism are its breathtaking performances, led by 1997 Tony Award winner Janet McTeer. In this sensitive translation of Angela Shelton's childhood memoirs, O'Connor offers a compelling love story refreshingly devoid of sentimentality, cynicism, or cliche.

Production
Spanky Pictures; Solaris; River One Films (in association with);

Cast Names
Janet McTeer; Kimberly J. Brown; Jay O. Sanders; Gavin O'Connor; Laurel Holloman; Lois Smith; Michael J. Pollard; Ashley Buccille; Cody McMains; Linda Porter; Brian Tahash; Josh Carmichael; Dennis Ford; Sara Downing; Joel Polis; Christian Payne; Harry Gradzhyan; Renelouise Smith; Kelly Rogers; Stephanie Zajac; Jennifer Paige; Lisa Jane Persky; Noah Emmerich; Sabra Malkinson; Phaedra Neitzel;

Box Office
USD 1,281,176

Release Date
1999-01-24 (Sundance Film Festival)
1999-10-07 (Austin Film Festival)
1999-11-24 (Los Angeles, California)
1999-11-24 (New York City, New York)
1999-12-10 (limited)

Genres
Drama; Comedy;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated PG-13 for language, sensuality and a scene of domestic discord.

Running Time
1 hr. 42 min.

Director
Gavin O'Connor

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