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Lonesome Jim

Casey Affleck (Actor), Liv Tyler (Actor), Steve Buscemi (Director) Rated:
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Genre Romance, Comedy
Format Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Contributor Seymour Cassel, Mark Boone Junior, Mary Kay Place, Steve Buscemi, Casey Affleck, Kevin Corrigan, Rick Duplissie, Sarah Strouse, Liv Tyler, Jake La Botz, Don Strouse, Jack Rovello, James C. Strouse, Rachel Strouse See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 31 minutes
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Nearing the age of 30 with no real accomplishments to show for his years, Jim (Casey Affleck) humbly returns to his small town and moves back in with his eccentric parents (Mary Kay Place and Seymour Cassell) and brother (Kevin Corrigan). As he tries to guide his family through the little dramas of everyday life, Jim stumbles into a romance with a kind, optimistic nurse (Liv Tyler). Directed by Steve Buscemi, Lonesome Jim is a wise, smart comedy about the courage it takes to accept the past, and to embrace the future.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.88 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Steve Buscemi
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 31 minutes
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Kevin Corrigan, Seymour Cassel
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Ifc
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000FZEU3S
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ James C. Strouse
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Customers praise Casey Affleck's well-acted performance and find the movie worth watching, with one review noting it's a true gem for cinephiles. The film's humor receives positive feedback, with customers appreciating its sad moments that feel like real life. The story receives mixed reactions, with several customers finding the depressing sets and costumes distracting. The video quality is criticized for being poor.

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12 customers mention "Affleck's acting"12 positive0 negative

Customers praise Casey Affleck's performance in the movie, with one customer noting the careful selection of the cast, while others appreciate the beautiful, human portrayal of the characters.

"The movie is good. Kinda cheesy & lame but good." Read more

"...Down to the last detail, every actor was carefully selected, every line in the script carefully written, and the direction was superb...." Read more

"Sadly, she isn't in enough scenes (in my opinion.) The lady underplays gently, sweetly, with that bemused smile that has you falling in love with her..." Read more

"...A movie about real people and their everyday lives. It has its sad moments just like real life and its surreally funny ones as well...." Read more

9 customers mention "Value for money"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the movie worth the price, with one describing it as a real gem for cinephiles.

"...But this film turned out to be a true gem...." Read more

"...In my case, as stated at the top: Liv Tyler not only makes it worthwhile, but also makes me want to see what else she has been in." Read more

"...For indie film fans everywhere, this is definitely worth a watch." Read more

"Love it. This is true Steve Buscemi humour and it is hilarious in this style...." Read more

7 customers mention "Humor"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the movie humorous, with sad moments that feel like real life, and one customer specifically mentions Steve Buscemi's comedic style.

"...The lady underplays gently, sweetly, with that bemused smile that has you falling in love with her...." Read more

"...A genuine and heartfelt film in the style of the 90s indie films like Slacker and Clerks which first invigorated the genre, Lonesome Jim was shot on..." Read more

"...It has its sad moments just like real life and its surreally funny ones as well. The actors don't seem like their acting at all...." Read more

"...The characters are beautiful and flawed; and it is hilarious and becomes more so each time I watch it." Read more

14 customers mention "Story quality"9 positive5 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the movie's story, with some finding the sets, costumes, and characters depressing, while one customer describes it as a well-told touching story.

"It is a good story. I bought it for the director and actor...." Read more

"The movie is good. Kinda cheesy & lame but good." Read more

"...Great cast makes it a must-see show!" Read more

"Lonesome Jim is a fair movie. I like all the actors and characters in this movie, but it really reminded me of Manchester By The Sea...." Read more

3 customers mention "Video quality"0 positive3 negative

Customers find the video quality of the movie to be poor.

"...The early digital low resolution is a little distracting, and it's unfortunate there is no way to upgrade the quality, but in some ways it adds to..." Read more

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"I wanted to give this a chance even after I found the video quality to be AWFUL, It is very, very fuzzy...." Read more

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  • BLBiShop
    5.0 out of 5 stars Director Is in His Element
    Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2025
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    It is a good story. I bought it for the director and actor. The director is actually one of my favorite actors and a good guy according to what I have read.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2018
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    The movie is good. Kinda cheesy & lame but good.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Gem for A Real Cinephile!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2020
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    This film really caught me by surprise. I borrowed it from the library, and totally expected it to be a throw away title - something to use as background noise and take a nap to. But this film turned out to be a true gem. Down to the last detail, every actor was carefully selected, every line in the script carefully written, and the direction was superb. I am the type of person who not only enjoys independent films, but I appreciate the details: Liv Tyler pointing out cartoon characters on a plastic cup with her son over dinner, the daughter steals a glance at Casey Affleck as he steals money from his mother's purse, Mary Kay Place unfazed by Casey's nudity as she "bothers" him while he's in the tub - all things done without little to no words that would be wasted in a big picture production. When the mom explains that the dad must not have known how bail bonds work, the camera cuts to his face, and we - as the audience, realize that he left her in jail on purpose, is truly heartbreaking (if you have a heart). This snuck up on me and became one of my all-time favorite movies!
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  • Kirk Alex
    3.0 out of 5 stars the wonderful LIV TYLER is really the only reason to watch this
    Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2007
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    Sadly, she isn't in enough scenes (in my opinion.) The lady underplays gently, sweetly, with that bemused smile that has you falling in love with her. The kid who plays her son does a nice enough job as well.

    And the male lead? The woe-is-me character? Frankly, who hasn't felt this way at one time or another--still, there were times I almost felt like reaching out and b--ch-slapping this crybaby in order to get him to stop whining so much; and, oh yeah, you also felt like shoving a comb in his face and tossing some clean clothes his way. Not to mention a razor.

    What's up with the uncombed hair, raggedy clothes look? What's up with the peach-fuzz look? I thought all that fake posing went out with the Miami Vice TV series years ago.

    Whatever that facade/look/appearance is supposed to be--it comes across as nothing more than BOGUS and rather stupid--and we should put a moratorium on it for the next two decades, at least.
    How about it, filmmakers?

    SPOILER AHEAD:

    Two or three things that were rather far-fetched: the Liv Tyler character jumping in the sack so quickly with this loser. There is no way he could have picked up a woman like this and jumped her bones ten minutes after meeting her. No way in hell.

    Male lead's brother rams car into a tree (after male lead calls him a far bigger loser than he is).
    Man, this sort of stuff is way too convenient--and I'm talking to the writer now.

    Last one: the male lead's mother being thrown in jail for pushing dope (out of her factory). Seemed like a big stretch to me.

    Spoiler--free zone.

    I had a friend who could only watch this flick to about the half-way point. Just could not get into it.
    In my case, as stated at the top: Liv Tyler not only makes it worthwhile, but also makes me want to see what else she has been in.
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  • Amazon Customer
    2.0 out of 5 stars Depressing
    Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020
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    Why? Why do a movie like this? Find some quality about it (be the 1st!), but find it quickly because you're going be 'Gone in 60 seconds!', or there abouts. Don't even waste your time
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  • Reynaldo Alvarado
    5.0 out of 5 stars A little known gem
    Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2020
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    Steve Buscemi directed this little known film starring Casey Affleck in his first lead role, Liv Tyler, and Mark Boone Junior (of Sons of Anarchy, and recently seen in The Mandalorian) who all give wonderful performances.

    A genuine and heartfelt film in the style of the 90s indie films like Slacker and Clerks which first invigorated the genre, Lonesome Jim was shot on Mini-DV for just $500,000 and debuted at the 2005 Sundance festival where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. The early digital low resolution is a little distracting, and it's unfortunate there is no way to upgrade the quality, but in some ways it adds to the film's charm. For indie film fans everywhere, this is definitely worth a watch.
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  • MMJ fan
    4.0 out of 5 stars but I like Casey A and Mary Kay P
    Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2016
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    Off-beat story for sure, but I like Casey A and Mary Kay P.
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  • Mr. Jeff A. Nelson
    5.0 out of 5 stars It has its sad moments just like real life and its surreally funny ...
    Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2017
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    One reviewer said it had depressing looking sets. Apparently he's never been to Indiana which is where this entirely shot on location film was made. A movie about real people and their everyday lives. It has its sad moments just like real life and its surreally funny ones as well. The actors don't seem like their acting at all. Great cast makes it a must-see show!
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  • MKT1203
    5.0 out of 5 stars His Best
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2009
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    Personally I think this is JD at his best. The celebrity audience roar with laughter as JD tells it like it is. Love him or hate him, JD often says what we are all scared to say and for that I give him 5 stars for the bottle to do it.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars 4 étoiles
    Reviewed in Canada on February 12, 2021
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    Avec un meilleur réalisateur,ce film aurait pu être un chef d'oeuvre.Casey Affleck est encore une fois excellent
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  • Sarah
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2014
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    Brings back a lot of memories from when I was a kid, would recommend to all children and adults as you can never be to old for this video.
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  • KaleHawkwood
    4.0 out of 5 stars Walkin' the dog
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2017
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    Jim has been in the Big Apple, trying and failing to become a writer, walking people's dogs to make a little money, so reluctantly returns to the family home in Indiana, where his mother {Mary Kay Place, brilliant in a performance that should have been Oscar-nominated}, father {veteran Indy actor Seymour Cassel} and brother Tim {Kevin Corrigan} live somewhat dysfunctionally, his mom trying hard to please, his dad gruffly unsympathetic, and his brother suicidal.
    He meets single mother Anika {Liv Tyler, sweetly excellent} in a bar, and works for the company run by his parents, while also trying and failing to train young kids at a local school to play basketball ~ cue some win/lose symbolism that director Steve Buscemi keeps from becoming too cutely obvious.
    Casey Affleck plays Jim with just the right amount of dishevelled, downbeat slouchiness, and both his performance and the film's theme of a young man returning home to a find trauma and pain look forward to the more recent Manchester By The Sea, in which Affleck takes this sad, monosyllabic character to its logical extreme.
    The soundtrack music is well chosen, and if little is groundbreaking, despite such sadness and defeatism on show through much of the movie, it ends up being a curiously uplifting experience, thanks to sure direction, and some subtle underplaying, particular by Affleck, Tyler, and the superb Mary Kay Place.

    Well worth seeing at least once.
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  • Sopranos
    4.0 out of 5 stars mal was ganz anderes...
    Reviewed in Germany on March 4, 2007
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    Casey Affleck (jüngerer Bruder von Ben Affleck) spielt in diesem Film Jim, der mit Ende 20 noch nichts aus seinem Leben gemacht hat. Er kehrt unerwartet in sein Elternhaus zurück, in dem zur selben Zeit auch sein älterer geschiedenener Bruder Tim mit seinen 2 Töchtern Unterschlupf gefunden hat.

    Tim ist noch schlechter drauf als Jim, er arbeitet auf Mindestlohnbasis in der kleinen Fabrik seiner Eltern und trainiert in seiner Freizeit lustlos eine Mädchen-Basketball-Mannschaft, die dafür bekannt ist, dass sie noch keinen einzigen Treffer erzielt hat. Wie auch - bei einem Coach, der es nicht versteht, sich selbst oder sein Team zu motivieren?

    Das Verhältnis der beiden Brüder zueinander ist geprägt von einer Art Geschwisterneid, gepaart mit Desinteresse.

    Bei einem Gespräch unter 4 Augen beschreibt Jim sein Leben als beschissen, das von seinem Bruder jedoch als jämmerliche Tragödie. Offensichtlich trifft er damit geradewegs ins Schwarze, Tim verläßt schweigend den Raum, setzt sich in sein Auto und fährt gegen einen Baum. Er überlebt den Selbstmordversuch, der wie sich herausstellt, nicht sein erster war.

    Während Tim im Krankenhaus liegt, übernimmt Jim seine Aufgaben. Als er die hübsche Krankenschwester (Liv Tyler) kennenlernt, kommt etwas Abwechslung in sein trübes Leben.

    Vater Don (Seymour Cassel) ist der typische amerik. "movie-Dad", der seine Gefühle für sich behält und am Leben seiner Söhne nicht sonderlich interessiert ist. Die einzig liebenswerte Figur in der Familie ist Mutter Sally (Mary Kay Place), die allerdings in der deutschen Fassung eine grauenhaft aufdringliche Synchronstimme erhalten hat. Dadurch wird ihr Charakter vollständig verfälscht, ja fast lächerlich gemacht.

    Sally versucht mit unerschütterlichem Vertrauen und Verständnis sowie mit sehr viel Toleranz und Liebe die Familie zusammenzuhalten, steht damit aber auf verlorenem Posten. Irgendwann fragt sie Jim, ob sie in der Vergangenheit etwas falsch gemacht hat und erhält darauf die schlimme Antwort "manche Leute sollten besser keine Kinder haben". So sehr ich mich bemüht habe, ich konnte ich keinen Grund finden, der Jim Grund gegeben hätte, dieses vernichtende Urteil zu fällen.

    Zuletzt gibt es doch noch eine Art unerwartetes "happy end", das aber offenbleibt und vielleicht nur in der Phantasie des Zuschauers stattfindet.

    "Lonesome Jim" ist das 3. Werk unter der Regie von Steve Buscemi, der seit über 20 Jahren als Schauspieler gut im Geschäft ist und mich in seiner Rolle als Tony Blundetto in den SOPRANOS überzeugt hat.

    Buscemi hat einen Film über Menschen gedreht, wie man sie in den USA und anderswo millionenfach finden kann. Menschen, die keinen Sinn im eigenen Leben sehen und einfach nur mehr oder weniger trostlos Tage, Monate und Jahre vor sich dahinvegetieren.

    Mich hat er trotzdem angesprochen!
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