
Middle aged Jonathan, Richard, Rob and Tim are friends from their college days, each who has had some modicum of success in his life, but each who is facing an issue resulting in dissatisfaction with his current lot. Divorced father Jonathan is a physician whose practice is largely made up of wealthy patients for who he writes prescriptions for drugs for recreational use in return for payola. Party boy Richard was once a novelist, but now resorts to teaching high school Engli... (Full plot summary below)
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Middle aged Jonathan, Richard, Rob and Tim are friends from their college days, each who has had some modicum of success in his life, but each who is facing an issue resulting in dissatisfaction with his current lot. Divorced father Jonathan is a physician whose practice is largely made up of wealthy patients for who he writes prescriptions for drugs for recreational use in return for payola. Party boy Richard was once a novelist, but now resorts to teaching high school English to make a living. Stockbroker Ron is happily married with kids, but in providing for his family, he decided to steal from his clients which has now resulted in a probable indictment by the Securities Commission for embezzlement. And five years ago, openly bisexual Tim was the driver that caused an accident which killed both his sister and his boyfriend, the guilt surrounding which still remains with him. As they live in various parts of the country, they make a point to get together at least once a year for a week, this year's gathering at a rented beachfront house in Big Sur to celebrate Tim's birthday. Their get-togethers are to escape the responsibilities of their everyday lives, by reliving their former frat boy days of drugs, sex and partying. An incident that occurs half way through their scheduled time together leads to them examining their lives, and deciding individually and collectively if they will keep true to a pact they made twenty-five years ago. Their situation is complicated by their encounters with the local sheriff, Officer Boyde.
Leave your thoughts about I Melt with You.
| New York PostKyle SmithI still can't believe I Melt With You went there. Over the top, off the hook and just plain bonkers, it makes its mark. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenHas the look of a John Cassavetes film, but with wimpy, colorless characters and a lot more drugs, death and color. |
| The PlaylistWilliam GossThe problems of the present give way to a promise from the past and the raucous, repetitive revelry segues into the formula of a bland thriller - Shallow Grave for shallow individuals. |
| Screen JunkiesFred TopelIt's not a matter of filmmaking incompetence. This is all on purpose. They meant to make it exactly this way. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumChris BumbrayA film that will polarize audiences, but nonetheless one that I found rather profound. Perfectly cast and scored, I MELT WITH YOU is like a post-FIGHT CLUB Chuck Palahniuk novel come to life. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanWhen so many movies can't even exact one strong emotion from viewers, here is a motion picture that frustrates, haunts and fascinates in equal measure. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfA tolerant few will find smears of art buried somewhere beneath the relentless excess, I feel most who approach the feature will walk away with bloodshot eyes, tinnitus, and a urgent feeling to never sit through another Pellington movie. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleYou know how I realized I actually liked I Melt With You? I kept talking about it, and at one point, in the middle of mocking it, I accidentally referred to it as "a good picture." That's when I realized, yes, it really is good, albeit in ways that are different from other movies. |
| The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyA compelling and disturbing drama about some elemental male issues. |
| Village VoiceAaron HillisStylish cinematography and an awesome punk-and-new-wave soundtrack make the early, music-video-like montages of debauchery at least trashy entertainment, but the film's second half couldn't be more contemptible. |