Real estate developers descend upon a sleepy coastal Florida community with the promise of big money and bigger changes. Torn between honoring family obligations and the lure of quick cash, the locals greet the outsiders with a wildly mixed reception. Marly Temple is eager to give in and sell the family business to start over her life. As caretaker of her father's motel and cafe, she has grown resentful of missed opportunities. However, she finds a glimmer of hope in a tentat... (Full plot summary below)
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Real estate developers descend upon a sleepy coastal Florida community with the promise of big money and bigger changes. Torn between honoring family obligations and the lure of quick cash, the locals greet the outsiders with a wildly mixed reception. Marly Temple is eager to give in and sell the family business to start over her life. As caretaker of her father's motel and cafe, she has grown resentful of missed opportunities. However, she finds a glimmer of hope in a tentative romance with a visiting landscape architect. Desiree Perry left town many years ago to escape a scandal and make a name for herself as an actress. Reluctantly returning home, she finds her strong willed mother unwilling to let go of the past.
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| The New York TimesStephen HoldenCreates a cinematic mosaic of American lives unprecedented in its range, balance, subtlety and even-handedness. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsBetty Jo TuckerLeave it to John Sayles to take on developers, the Chamber of Commerce, tourism, historical pageants, and commercialism all in the same movie . . . without neglecting character development for even one minute. |
| OregonianShawn LevyIt's ambitious, sharply observed and spectacularly well-acted like so much of Sayles' canon. But it's also overstuffed and underdeveloped. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumLike a blue plate special at a theme diner, Sunshine State comes with a lot of overdone side dishes thrown on the table at the same time. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonVisually, even compared to Sayles' own best work, it's somewhat prosaic - and dramatically, it suffers from the fact that its two main characters are kept so far apart. But the screenwriting and the cast redeem this film. |
| Looking CloserJeffrey OverstreetSayles' writing is so good, and so convincing, he makes the experience more like reading a complex and well-researched novel than watching a movie. |
| Nitrate OnlineElias SavadaOne of the most original American productions this year, you'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a Sunshine State. |
| Jam! MoviesJim SlotekSunshine State is Sayles at his most Robert Altman-ish, purposefully juggling about a dozen narrative balls in the air, and letting the mundanity and smallish drama of everyday life tell a larger story. |
| Austin ChronicleSteve DavisThe dialogue is scattered with so many beautiful gems that conversations glitter. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonThe scenes unfold with such unhurried delicacy, and the characters are so intriguing, you can ignore the editorial bluntness and savor the smaller, sweeter details. |
