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A Slipping-Down Life

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27% Tomatometer 63 Reviews 44% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
"Drumstrings" Casey (Guy Pearce) is an aspiring rock musician, though he hasn't had much success so far. Evie Decker (Lili Taylor) is likewise searching for direction and meaning. She works at an amusement park by day and at night bides her time alongside her troubled father. Between the two, Evie might be the more emotionally disturbed, as evidenced by how obsessed she becomes with Casey -- going so far as to carve his name across her forehead. They get married, but can their love last?
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Critics Consensus

Lili Talyor is the best thing in this uninvolving and unconvincing drama.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 06/12/2004
2/5
Has a lot going for it, but not nearly all it should have. Go to Full Review Tom Long Detroit News 06/04/2004
B
It's interesting, not fascinating, intriguing, not electrifying. But for those in the mood for an offbeat pleasure, A Slipping Down Life may well satisfy. Go to Full Review Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press 06/04/2004
2/4
Never cuts much deeper than its subject. Go to Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 06/30/2008
0/5
Crap. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 05/21/2005
C
The two stars were not right for the parts. Go to Full Review Walter Chaw Film Freak Central 03/14/2005
2.5/4
If not entirely successful, at least ambitious and, for a long while, even brave. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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01/14/2019 Godawful. If you're going to make a movie about disturbed people, how about making them - or at least the story - interesting?? See more 04/01/2015 never gains momentum,just fair,nothing stands out.not worth recommending to anyone. See more 11/20/2014 What at first seems like observed, exaggerated truth soon reveals itself as a series of writerly conceits being followed doggedly to some logical conclusion. See more 08/29/2014 (***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce are great here. An interesting movie. See more 07/17/2014 The leads are attractive but the film goes nowhere. See more 04/27/2014 I chose this movie because I love Lili Taylor and I liked Guy Pearce in Memento. It is definitely a 90s movie, and as such is probably a little less interesting today than it was in 1999. I liked it because the main character (Taylor) is honest, forthright, and true to her values and decisions (however odd they may be.) In a society of grungy followers, Evie needs only her own approval to feel whole with herself and right with her decisions. See more Read all reviews
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Toni Kalem

Director

Lili Taylor

Evie Decker

Guy Pearce

Drumstrings Casey

John Hawkes

David Elliot

Sara Rue

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Irma P. Hall

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Synopsis "Drumstrings" Casey (Guy Pearce) is an aspiring rock musician, though he hasn't had much success so far. Evie Decker (Lili Taylor) is likewise searching for direction and meaning. She works at an amusement park by day and at night bides her time alongside her troubled father. Between the two, Evie might be the more emotionally disturbed, as evidenced by how obsessed she becomes with Casey -- going so far as to carve his name across her forehead. They get married, but can their love last?
Director
Toni Kalem
Producer
Richard Raddon
Screenwriter
Toni Kalem, Anne Tyler
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
DVC Entertainment
Rating
R (Language|Sexual References)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 22, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$95.4K
Runtime
1h 51m
Sound Mix
Surround
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