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Undescribable Perfection

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

THINGS BEHIND THE SUN (dir. Allison Anders) Sherry is the hard-drinking lead singer of a Floridian alternative-country-rock band who has been deeply traumatized by a violent incident from her past. Sherry was raped as a young teenager, and has never been able to deal with pain and emotional fallout of this event. Just as her band begins to enjoy wider exposure, a writer from an underground magazine mysteriously informs her of missing information about the rape that might allow her to put the incident behind her, or irrevocably throw them both over the edge. Great ensemble acting by a terrific cast, and the film deals with more than just the act of rape, but addresses the moral complicity of an observer of rape who chooses to do nothing. This is truly 'An Overlooked Film', and it really deserves much wider acclaim. Great understated performances by Don Cheadle, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, and features a cameo by singer/songwriter, J. Mascis, of the legendary alternative-rock band, DINOSAUR JR.......... MUST SEE

This film may not be the best in terms of dialog or form, but it really connected in a way too few movies do. In fact, it's almost too true for it's own good. It's a great film, and I'm glad I saw it, but I'm not sure I ever want to put myself through that again. The emotions brought out in the wonderful performances are so real and affecting, that it's a heart-wrenching and emotionally draining experience to watch this film.

It was such a painful movie, I don't know how to describe it. All I can say is that it was so well done that I was almost forced to watch it. I couldn't bring myself to change the channel. It was well written, well acted and well directed. Kim Dickens and Gabriel Mann did an astounding job portraying the victims. I could feel Sherri's pain like it was my own and I felt pain for Owen, as well. The only thing I felt could have been done differently is that Owen was just as much a victim as Sherri was. He was just a child at the time of the rape. How can he have been held responsible for something he didn't want any part of and was forced into by his sociopathic brother? He suffered for it, too. I understand why Sherri had trouble dealing with him up to a point but it seems that everyone involved forgot that he had been a defenseless child, too. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who's ever been a victim or knows a victim.

This film knocked me for a loop. The acting is uniformly terrific and i believe it was filmed with digital cameras. There are two rape scenes that are to my mind the most realistic depictions i've ever seen. This is not rape as sex but rape as brutal violence. A few minutes in a childs life that stays with them for ever. The performances by Kim Dickens and Gabriel Mann as the adult rape victims are completely different yet both seem so true. I took this as a double rape even though one character was technically the rapist. I saw this movie on tv and at times you almost have to force yourself not to change channels. Watching the young Sherry walking away from the house after being raped, dragging her skate board, seems so real you feel like you are peeking through the curtains at someones real life pain. This is a very honest, painful movie and perhaps the best thing is the ending. No shinning light of salvation but a few glimmering shreds of hope for both the central characters. This one will stay with me for a long time.