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Fierce People

  • 2005
  • R
  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
7.5K
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Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Perkins, Paz de la Huerta, Chris Evans, Christopher Shyer, Kristen Stewart, Anton Yelchin, and Jeff Westmoreland in Fierce People (2005)
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A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Ishkanani people, moves in with a wealthy e... Read allA massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Ishkanani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Ishkanani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.

  • Director
    • Griffin Dunne
  • Writer
    • Dirk Wittenborn
  • Stars
    • Diane Lane
    • Donald Sutherland
    • Anton Yelchin
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    7.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Griffin Dunne
    • Writer
      • Dirk Wittenborn
    • Stars
      • Diane Lane
      • Donald Sutherland
      • Anton Yelchin
    • 33User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Diane Lane
    Diane Lane
    • Liz Earl
    Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland
    • Ogden C. Osborne
    Anton Yelchin
    Anton Yelchin
    • Finn Earl
    Chris Evans
    Chris Evans
    • Bryce
    Kristen Stewart
    Kristen Stewart
    • Maya
    Paz de la Huerta
    Paz de la Huerta
    • Jilly
    Blu Mankuma
    Blu Mankuma
    • Gates
    Elizabeth Perkins
    Elizabeth Perkins
    • Mrs. Langley
    Christopher Shyer
    Christopher Shyer
    • Dr. Leffler
    Garry Chalk
    Garry Chalk
    • McCallum
    Ryan McDonald
    Ryan McDonald
    • Ian
    Dexter Bell
    Dexter Bell
    • Marcus Gates
    Kaleigh Dey
    Kaleigh Dey
    • Paige
    Aaron Brooks
    Aaron Brooks
    • Giacomo
    Jeff Westmoreland
    • Whitney
    Teach Grant
    Teach Grant
    • Dwayne
    Chris Shields
    Chris Shields
    • Cop
    Dirk Wittenborn
    Dirk Wittenborn
    • Fox Blanchard
    • Director
      • Griffin Dunne
    • Writer
      • Dirk Wittenborn
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    User reviews33

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    Phil_Chester

    Self-indulgent mess

    A self-indulgent mess of a film, which is ironic in a way, as it is lambasting the self-indulgence of the idle rich. Nonsense from start to finish and a total waste of everyone's time. Avoid.
    6dallesmac

    Top-notch performances keep this spotty effort afloat

    "Fierce People" is a quirky coming-of-age tale told through the dark lens of a learning that the lives of the very rich are really blackest comedy. Uneven direction and a spotty screenplay (based by the author on his novel) almost do this movie in. What saves it is a gallery of first-rate performances by a fine cast. The acting is uniformly excellent, which keeps the viewer from focusing on what is basically very familiar territory.

    You have to hand it to Diane Lane. Her role as the alcoholic (apparently recovering) mom is poorly written and inconsistently conceived by the director. But she gives it all she's got (which is plenty) and her later scenes with her son (also well portrayed by Anton Yelchin) achieve a depth and emotional impact that is a great credit to both actors. That depth sure isn't in the script.

    Donald Sutherland is in great form as the seventh richest man in American who brings New York City masseuse Lane and her teenage son to the wilds of richest New Jersey. As his granddaughter, Kristen Stewart shows why she has zoomed to stardom in the "Twilight" films and to critical acclaim in movies like "Adventureland." Not only does the camera love her, she pays it back in full with a performance here that is remarkable for its subtle depths. (Watch her face when she gets in the black Mercedes in the movie's final scene.) As the grandson, Chris Evans is vivid and effective. (The camera loves him too.) The rest of the cast is great too. But highest praise goes to Elizabeth Perkins as Sutherland's alcoholic daughter (and mother of those aforementioned children). It's a small role, but she really comes across as she comically portrays a lifetime of privilege and desperation.

    Despite the fine performances, many scenes fall flat and slide into confusion. Some of this may be due to the poor audio recording (at least on the DVD). Some of this may also be due to the inconsistent emotional focus of the script (which really needed another couple of rewrites, probably NOT by the author of the original novel).

    Nice location work, though, wherever that estate was that most of the movie was shot!
    10reneweddan

    Ex malo bonum

    This movie is highly underrated. It isn't mainstream and it isn't predictable, which makes it unique and interesting.

    The acting done in this film is raw and believable. Anton Yelchin, Diane Lane, Chris Evans, and Kristen Stewart all do well portraying their characters.

    The film is about turning bad things into good fortune and has an interesting sociological plot. It's quirky and at times a bit unbelievable, but that's why it's great to have good actors. Not all movies can be the same, and this movie makes good use of that.

    Enjoy the film for what it is, don't expect too much and you'll get much more than you'd imagine.

    Rated 10 Stars due to the lack of lenient criticism.
    9hinomoris

    Very well acted

    A brilliant and sensitive movie with interwoven plot lines. As a general warning, the movie turns quite dark about half way through. As sudden as it is, this is a change that I found fitting to the themes of the movie, particularly the comparison of the Ishkanani to the filthy rich, and (as is said by Finn at the end) how each person makes up the tribe, and how the whole tribe is reflected in each person.

    Anton Yelchin (Finn Earl) is spectacular in this movie. He is probably best known as Chekov from Star Trek or Kyle Reese in Terminator Salvation, but he's been in a whole plethora of movies you've probably never heard of (Alpha Dog, which is another brilliant performance on Yelchin's part, House of D, Hearts in Atlantis, to name a few...) The point is that this kid really takes this movie and makes it his own. Other excellent performances from Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland are what takes this movie up a notch, from great to excellent.
    5SnoopyStyle

    uneven movie, quirky turns dark

    It's 1980. 16 year old Finn Earl (Anton Yelchin) wants to escape from his drug addicted "massage therapist" mother Liz (Diane Lane) and their lower east side flat to study the Iskanani Indians or Fierce People with his anthropologist father whom he has never met. Instead, she takes them to the New Jersey country estate of her ex-client billionaire Ogden C. Osbourne (Donald Sutherland) for the summer. There he encounters another kind of Fierce People. He falls for Ogden's granddaughter Maya Langley (Kristen Stewart) and befriends her older brother Bryce (Chris Evans). Their father is in a coma and their mother (Elizabeth Perkins) is bossy. Jilly (Paz de la Huerta) is the exceedingly friendly maid.

    Anton Yelchin plays yet another smug kid. This time, he's studying rich people like an anthropologist. It's an overly odd family but the quirkiness never gets to be funny. Then the movie takes a dark turn. The characters and the story always had some dark tones but the turn is especially nasty. The quirky slightly humorous movie breaks down and struggles. The movie is terribly uneven and director Griffin Dunne should have started the movie in a darker place. If he elevates the darker tones early, the movie could stay creepy and disturbed.

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    • Trivia
      Eddie Rosales who played the shaman in the movie's dream sequence was actually speaking in Filipino.
    • Goofs
      When the police car takes them away from their apartment it has a stop light out, but when it is arriving at the country house the light is fixed.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Finn Earl: We are the sum of all of the people that we have ever met. You change the tribe and the tribe changes you.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Shoot 'Em Up/Eastern Promises/Fierce People/The Brothers Solomon/In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Psycho Killer
      Written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz (as Christopher Frantz) and Tina Weymouth

      Performed by Talking Heads

      Published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) and Index Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

      By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 28, 2006 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • Vidio (Indonesia)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Tagalog
    • Also known as
      • Des Gens Impitoyables
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Industry Entertainment
      • Lions Gate Entertainment
      • Lionsgate
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $85,410
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $19,968
      • Sep 9, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $269,755
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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