A mom and her 10 year son motor around the country as she makes ends meet by turning tricks until her car breaks down. She then temporarily takes up with a hardware store owner until she gets her own place. Then the kid's father shows up to try to take the two over.... (Full plot summary below)
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A mom and her 10 year son motor around the country as she makes ends meet by turning tricks until her car breaks down. She then temporarily takes up with a hardware store owner until she gets her own place. Then the kid's father shows up to try to take the two over.
Leave your thoughts about Luminous Motion.
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittFine acting and creative directing lend three-dimensional life to this absorbing story, which blends dreamlike elements with sharply etched drama and touches of pure cinematic ingenuity. |
| L.A. WeeklyHolly WillisThe elegant gambol through ideas, combined with Gordon's clear love of luminous motion -- literally -- is a welcome treat. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasWhat counts here is the acute psychological validity with which Gordon evokes a coming of age that's seen with a darkly outrageous sense of humor--and no small amount of compassionate detachment. |
| Film Journal InternationalEmily BobrowDripping with excess, the neurotic implications are not new, just overwrought. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThe one thing about Luminous Motion that can be said with certainty is that Bette Gordon should be making more movies. |
| Film.comHenry Cabot BeckHas moments of terrific lucidity, even brilliance. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumGordon is so visually and stylistically inventive and the actors are so skillful that you aren't likely to lose interest. |
| Needcoffee.comWidgett WallsEvidence in how smart editing, a decent score, and clever cinematography can bolster a subpar script. |
| The New York TimesDana StevensIt's a bit like "The Sixth Sense," but without the melodramatic comfort of the supernatural. |
| Village VoiceAmy TaubinIf Lloyd's performance is the film's near-fatal flaw, Unger's is its saving grace. |
