
A troubled guy with a poetic soul, Keith Kavanagh, meets an equally troubled girl named Natasha. The two fall in love and move into an apartment together in St. John's. Their relationship implodes due to booze and drugs and Natasha leaves for the mainland (Halifax, Nova Scotia) to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. Keith, who has never been off the rock, goes on a dark journey to find her, and also ends up finding himself in the process.... (Full plot summary below)
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A troubled guy with a poetic soul, Keith Kavanagh, meets an equally troubled girl named Natasha. The two fall in love and move into an apartment together in St. John's. Their relationship implodes due to booze and drugs and Natasha leaves for the mainland (Halifax, Nova Scotia) to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. Keith, who has never been off the rock, goes on a dark journey to find her, and also ends up finding himself in the process.
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| Globe and MailLiam LaceyBy the time the movie finally gets round to the narrator enumerating the life lessons learned, viewers may already be sleeping it off. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunHynes is really effective as Keith, at ease with the rude, raw material that's drawn from his own past, and he manages to be charismatic even at his most down and dirty. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyMany viewers will find time spent with this hapless screw-up two hours too many, but the pic does at least partly capture the source material's rambunctious gallows humor. |
| User ReviewLuke SReally enjoyed this. Had the cove life down flat. Favorite quote: "Want somethin to drink?" "Sure." "want some mix in it?" "Nah, mix is what kills ya, eh by'." |
| User ReviewNeCrOOk Maybe I like it because it shows what it 's like to grow up in a small East Coast town. Every town has " THIS GUY" |
| User ReviewAudrey Li got seriously bored nauseated.... could have better, with a better depiction of realism... |
| User ReviewJenn TGood coming of age story, I enjoy the use of language in this flick, tastefully done. |
| User ReviewSteve SA decent story about being a substance-abusing misfit in a small town. The narration is offbeat and interesting, and the movie on the whole reminded me of a Canadian version of the Billy Crudup film "Jesus' Son". A truly grim and tragic tale, and not a film I'm likely to watch again. Still, I'm glad I saw it. |
| User ReviewCorey BA very honest to god newfie movie, it really don't more newfie than this movie. Can't say it is well done but it is a honest telling of Newfies who live in the coves. |
| User ReviewCorey nThis is a Canadian film about two young Newfoundlanders angry at the world. This young man and girl fall in love and leave their small home and move to the city of St. John's. Everything is fine at first but they grow apart. The girl then moves to Halifax, NS and the young man follows shortly after to try and get her back. Of course his life is crashing around him because or drugs and alcohol. This is a very odd film at times. I could never seem to relate or like the young man. He was angry with life but they never really got into why he was. Not a bad ending to the film. But overall I found this to be a odd and at times boring movie. |