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Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

rsgeorge5 If you catch this movie on TV or better yet go out and find it, you will not be disappointed.Every performance is brilliant. Kip Pardue is not just a pretty face, and gives a tortured, haunting performance. Bonnie Hunt shows what range she has, I wish she had more chance to do films like this, rather than Cheaper By The Dozen (though I'm sure she had her reason's). I'd fallen in love with Michael Kelly by the end, he is totally perfect throughout the entire film, and so different than in Dawn Of The Dead, what a great actor! The film is handled maturely, direction is sound, all performances stunning, as I said, the 3 story lines set over 3 years get wound together neatly, so many of these types of narrative threads feel contrived.All in all a beautiful film, that doesn't need to whack home the gay card. It's intelligent, subtle, gentle, intriguing, tender, and terribly sad.

blanche-2 Kudos to Tim Kirkman for assembling a marvelous cast to tell the poignant story of "Loggerheads," a 2005 independent production filmed in North Carolina. "Loggerheads" (the title refers to large turtles as well as the normal meaning of the word) tells three different stories in three different time periods. The stories eventually intertwine. The first takes place in 1999 and stars Kip Pardue as Mark, an HIV-positive young man working to preserve the loggerheads. Kip is sleeping on Kure Beach in North Carolina until he is taken in by George (Michael Kelly), who lets him stay in the motel he manages. In the second story, which takes place in 2000, an unhappy woman (Bonnie Hunt) who lives with her mother (Michael Learned) wants desperately to find the child she gave up for adoption but isn't having any luck until she meets a detective.The third story is in 2001 and concerns a Christian couple, a minister (Chris Sarandon) and his wife (Tess Harper) who must come to grips with a sad family situation, but the minister's faith holds him back.All three stories are beautifully told and acted. The normally funny Bonnie Hunt is here in a serious role, and she tears at the heart, with Learned offering down to earth, quiet support - they are an ideal mother and daughter. The juvenile-looking Pardue gives a sensitive performance as someone who seems totally alone, at odds with his world and has given up making sense of it. As the minister, Chris Sarandon is powerful as a good man who believes in a punishing God and of a different opinion than his normally acquiescent wife, Harper, who has a tough decision to make. There are two other standouts: Michael Kelly as George, who befriends Mark, and Ann Pierce, an Olympia Dukakis lookalike, as Harper and Sarandon's wise neighbor.Though the pace of the film is a little slow, the stories are intriguing enough to hold the viewer, as are the performances. It's also very well photographed. One IMDb poster stated the ending was clichéd - perhaps it was, but it was nevertheless satisfying. This is a film from a director/writer who has something to say - catch it if you see it for rent or on the Sundance channel.

KSutton0 I just saw this movie at a screening with the producer in Louisville, Kentucky. It was wonderful. I was skeptical about going because I really didn't know anything about it but decided he what the heck. I really liked that Bonnie Hunt played a serious character (the producer said that's why her agent wanted her to do this low budget film). Also, I enjoyed Kip Pardue (Sunshine from Remember the Titans) because he was nice to look at and was more than a pretty face as in other movies. You had to think about what was being said and what was happening to connect it but it was satisfying to think "Oh so that's what that means." I plan on buying the DVD next month!

trevor-156 I was thoroughly engrossed watching this movie. The performances were outstanding and very current in view of the backlash of religious fervor flooding the country since Bush. All the characters are well drawn and the gradual melding of the story lines was quite surprising. The humanity and understated pride in being what we are is a the main benefit I gained from enjoying this great movie. Bonnie Hunt had not been a favorite actress of mine but I really enjoyed her in this and felt very moved by the Tess Harper character and her struggle to find her own viewpoint, separate from her preacher husband. The location shooting added a lot to the atmosphere.