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Baraboo

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
46
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Baraboo (2009)
Drama

Six people have carved out a life in a rundown motel in Wisconsin.Six people have carved out a life in a rundown motel in Wisconsin.Six people have carved out a life in a rundown motel in Wisconsin.

  • Director
    • Mary Sweeney
  • Writer
    • Mary Sweeney
  • Stars
    • Phillip J. Berns
    • Gladys Chmiel
    • Clint R. Clingerman
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    46
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mary Sweeney
    • Writer
      • Mary Sweeney
    • Stars
      • Phillip J. Berns
      • Gladys Chmiel
      • Clint R. Clingerman
    • 1User review
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Phillip J. Berns
    • Eric
    Gladys Chmiel
    • Cora
    Clint R. Clingerman
    • Motel Guest #1
    Flora Coker
    • Woman with Dead Husband
    Justin Daering
    Justin Daering
    • Cyclist
    Brenda DeVita
    • Jane
    Lee Ernst
    • Pat
    John Filmanowicz
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    Joseph Filmanowicz
    • Justin
    Chris Flieller
    • Norm
    Joe Foti IV
    • Jake
    Michael Fuss
    • Fisherman
    Michael Herold
    • Ben
    Margaret Ingraham
    • Ludell
    Garth J. Lauritsen
    • Dead Husband
    Brian Liston
    • Jim
    Harry Loeffler-Bell
    • Chris
    Peter Morse
    • Bob
    • Director
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      • Mary Sweeney
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    5Chris_Docker

    A nice movie

    There was considerable publicity over Baraboo as it premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The Festival's Artistic Director, Hannah McGill included it in her advance picks, saying she was very excited about the film. And with every reason, it would seem. The director, Mary Sweeney, is the long time editor and producer for David Lynch, and won a BAFTA for her work on Mulholland Drive. The film follows several people living in a typical Midwestern town motel and how they interact.

    Speaking of the small town life, on which the movie is based, director Mary Sweeney says, "I love the immediacy and the intimacy and the directness of that kind of human contact." Certainly Baraboo has a warmth and a charm. Most of the actors are local. It unfolds very naturally like a gentle painting on a summer's day. Some of the additional music in Baraboo is by legendary guitarist Richard Thompson and fits very well. Think Lynch's Straight Story. A movie Lynch got away with through sheer quirkiness.

    Baraboo is beautiful to look at but without being quirky. Gently meditative. About real people and things unspoken. A single mother struggles to raise her adolescent son the best way she knows how. When an elderly neighbour moves in to the motel, we see the old dog has a few more tricks of human nature up her sleeve than we might expect. She soon has the wayward youth under her spell.

    There are no big surprises in Baraboo. We watch the various lives unfold. We watch the stunning photography. We enjoy the heart-warming effect of a guileless movie with no sudden and unnatural plot developments. But before you think Baraboo is Dogme95 revisiting the Midwest, we need maybe to ask why it is a feature film. There are no great revelations of character. Nothing to get very worked up about. And although it is beautiful to look at, it goes on doing that for an hour and a half without the jaw-dropping charisma of the Straight Story. And when it does have a forced plot device (death and bereavement) it feels like something added to pep things up rather than a natural event. Baraboo is so warm and cosy that I could probably have comfortably dozed off otherwise. This is not a bad film – far from it. Just that the word that most comes mind is, "nice." On the one hand, Baraboo does indeed confirm Mary Stewart as a talent of the future. But it is also too reminiscent of Straight Story in style. Without the tractor. And without much of a story either.

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    • Release date
      • June 26, 2009 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Motel, Gas Station
    • Production company
      • Syene Road
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 39m(99 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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