You Can Count On Me

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You Can Count On Me
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R,1hr 49min
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November 10, 2000
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TSG Pictures
Synopsis: Kenneth Lonergan, the co-screenwriter for Analyze This (1999), makes his directorial debut with this sensitive portrait of a pair of grown siblings. Sammy and Terry Prescott (Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo) were orphaned as children after their parents were killed in a car accident. Since then, the two have taken drastically divergent paths. Sammy is a single mother who leads a quiet, stable life in a small town in upstate New York. A fiercely protective mother, she shields her young son Rudy (Rory ... Full Synopsis
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It's rare to get a good movie about the touchy adult relationship of a sister and brother. Rarer still for the director to be more fascinated by the process than the outcome. This is one of the best movies of the year. Full Review
Metascore
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85
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
Featured Cast
Sammy Prescott
Terry Prescott
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