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Bodies, Rest & Motion

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In his sleepy Arizona town, Nick (Tim Roth) ekes out a living selling television sets. He decides, suddenly, that life has more to offer -- and that he might find it by moving to Montana with his reticent girlfriend, Beth (Bridget Fonda). But the day before their departure, Nick takes off without Beth, and she's crushed. Spurred on by her best friend and Nick's ex, Carol (Phoebe Cates), Beth takes up with a shiftless, pot-smoking housepainter (Eric Stoltz).
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Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer 1d
3.5/5
Keenly performed, funny and poignant, and knows exactly where it's going. Go to Full Review
Harper Barnes St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1d
Although the movie goes a little flabby in the middle, Bodies, Rest & Motion is generally both entertaining and insightful and superbly acted by all four main performers. Go to Full Review
Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle 1d
The result is a unique film that both invites its audience to understand its characters intimately and yet to see them at a distance—as a phenomenon or as emblematic of a time of life. Go to Full Review
Stephen Hunter Baltimore Sun 1d
It is, far more passionately and more convincingly, a generational anthem, aimed with a bombardier’s strategic precision at those in their late 20s and early 30s, the baby boom stragglers who will bitterly have to do more with less. Go to Full Review
David Kronke Los Angeles Daily News 1d
3/4
With seamlessly blended whimsy and sensitivity, they create plausible, low-key characters aren't terribly equipped to cope. Go to Full Review
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W.L. C @WayneCampbell Feb 10 Strong start, but it just couldn't get there. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘉𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 for the suburban poor. See more Yuri B @RyuBlack 03/22/2025 It wasn't really bad, it just wasn't anything too exciting or gripping... & honestly, I really only watched this because this was one of Phoebe Cates' last performances on film. See more 04/10/2023 Objects stay in motion unless affected by an outside force yet for Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Eric Stoltz, and Tim Roth they'll have to figure out how to handle it in a comedy about love and inertia Taking place in Arizona and based on the 1986 play the focus is on 4 people Nick wants to move with Carol But that doesn't work out so she ends up meeting a single house painter named Sid Beth and Sid might fall for each other too All their interests and lives start to change The music is so beautiful here and the actors are a good collective But so much of what happens is just very dialogue heavy Plus there's no real ending... See more 10/15/2018 It wasn't really bad, it just wasn't anything too exciting or gripping... & honestly, I really only watched this because this was one of Phoebe Cates' last performances on film. See more 09/28/2015 Bodies, Rest, and Motion is a nicely imperfect little film. It has these sensual, emotional, mistaken, and serious qualities that are quintessential 90s. Recommended to anyone who is in the mood for an indie drama. See more 05/21/2014 A laid-back look at youthful rootlessness which never really catches fire. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In his sleepy Arizona town, Nick (Tim Roth) ekes out a living selling television sets. He decides, suddenly, that life has more to offer -- and that he might find it by moving to Montana with his reticent girlfriend, Beth (Bridget Fonda). But the day before their departure, Nick takes off without Beth, and she's crushed. Spurred on by her best friend and Nick's ex, Carol (Phoebe Cates), Beth takes up with a shiftless, pot-smoking housepainter (Eric Stoltz).
Director
Michael Steinberg
Producer
Roger Hedden, Allan Mindel, Denise Shaw, Eric Stoltz, Jeffrey Sudzin
Screenwriter
Roger Hedden
Production Co
August Entertainment, Mindel-Shaw Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 21, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$732.0K
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Surround
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