Feeling Minnesota

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Feeling Minnesota

R

Released Sep 13, 1996

1h 35m

Comedy

Drama

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Sam Clayton's (Vincent D'Onofrio) marriage to ex-stripper Freddie (Cameron Diaz) comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red (Delroy Lindo), a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with Jiaks (Keanu Reeves), Sam's brother, and the pair tries to escape the situation together. It isn't long before both Sam and Red catch up with them, resulting in threats against the two of them -- although tension also starts to build between Sam and Red.

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Critics Consensus

Clumsily derivative, shoddily assembled, and fundamentally miscast, Feeling Minnesota sets out for romantic comedy and gets irrevocably lost along the way.

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Anne Billson

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Steven Baigelman, who wrote and directed, aims for offbeat, flippant Tarantino-esque lowlife kicks but misses the mark on every count, having no feel for characters, plot, action or dialogue.

Nov 27, 2017

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Adam Mars-Jones

Independent (UK)

Keanu Reeves does his usual impression of a man trying to get to grips with some really difficult arithmetic. Like him, the movie is dim-witted, bland to the taste and, all in all, rather a waste of space.

Nov 14, 2017

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

Everything in and about Baigelman's debut is irritatingly derivative: second-hand plot, small-time characters, limited and movieish vision, and bad performances for Reeves and Diaz.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 1, 2006

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Rated: 3/5

Jan 6, 2006

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 23, 2005

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Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

Might help you get to sleep at night?

Rated: 1/5

Nov 18, 2003

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Pretty underrated movie, reminds me of Boyle's A Life Less Ordinary. The comedy is pretty subdued, so maybe it's easy to misread the tone of the flick. I think both d'Onofrio and Reeves excel at physical comedy here, and Diaz isn't nearly as bad as some of the other critiques seem to suggest. If you generally enjoy a melancholic Midwestern milieu, somewhat quirky comedy and an unlikely love story of some ordinary, perhaps downtrodden, people, this is the movie for you. As a cherry on top in this grunge romance, an appearance from Courtney Love just gives the film that extra hint of self-irony.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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I loved this movie!!! I remember seeing in it 96 and then didn't see anything about it till a year ago.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/04/20

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jona i

So clumsy that it takes a long time to figure out there is even a plot afoot; and still, it meanders incessantly. Small-time, stupid characters.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Feeling Minnesota is such a dumb movie. I wonder how many people have watched just because it's Keanu. It's the lamest movie ever.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

It’s good movie to watch

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/15/18

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Audience Member

A good cast just about keeps your interest in this direct to video 90s fare

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Synopsis

Sam Clayton's (Vincent D'Onofrio) marriage to ex-stripper Freddie (Cameron Diaz) comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red (Delroy Lindo), a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with Jiaks (Keanu Reeves), Sam's brother, and the pair tries to escape the situation together. It isn't long before both Sam and Red catch up with them, resulting in threats against the two of them -- although tension also starts to build between Sam and Red.

Director: Steven Baigelman
Producer: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg
Screenwriter: Steven Baigelman
Distributor: Fine Line Features
Production Co: Jersey Films, Fine Line Features
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 13, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.1M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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