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Keane (2004)

Director: Lodge Kerrigan

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From Time Out New York

Damian Lewis goes deep—uncomfortably so—into the role of a lifetime as William Keane, a scruffy, highly distracted divorcé who may have lost both his unseen six-year-old daughter and his mind. We first see him pushing through the crowds at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, chasing strangers like an attack dog. He shows them a newspaper clipping of a missing girl; he flings himself into an alcoholic rage in a midtown bar. Director Kerrigan (Clean, Shaven) has observed mental illness before, but his latest is marked by an excellent, organically developed narrative as well: Keane happens upon a rootless young woman (Ryan) with a young daughter of her own (the terrific Breslin). The momentary oasis created is not the one you might expect.

Author: JR 2005-09-29 12:06:17

Time Out New York website


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