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The Californians

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A land developer (Noah Wyle) outrages environmentalists (Illeana Douglas, Kate Mara) by planning to build on coastal hills.
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Neva Chonin San Francisco Chronicle 10/21/2005
2/4
So leaden and obvious it's too somnambulant to be funny. Go to Full Review
Sura Wood The Hollywood Reporter 10/21/2005
Largely due to a loose, inconsistent script by Parker and Catherine di Napoli, it plays like a formulaic TV movie. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey Variety 10/20/2005
The film's edge gets softer as it goes - - in ways that might baffle all but the granola-scarfing well-heeled hippies it seemed to be parodying. Go to Full Review
Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews 10/18/2005
3/4
A very funny film ... skewers the sacred cow of environmentalism, a religion worshiped in LaLa Land. Go to Full Review
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Meg H May 18 Terrible. Fast forward through most of it. Silly premise with silly dialogue. What was the point? No chemistry between any of the characters. I am sure Noah Wylie would like to forget this one! See more 02/21/2011 Low budget but cute movie with two good main actors (Noah Wyle & Kate Mara) See more 06/08/2009 I wasn't expecting much, but this was a pleasant surprise. More than it's face value drama, this is a sort of satire and analysis of who you let influence your voice and being. Kate Mara appears to play a supporting character, but she is actually the lead, while Noah Wyle and Illeana Douglas play her subconscious "angel" and "devil" characters. You get to decide which is which. It feels a bit unfinished in the end, and it's lack of detail in some of the plotlines make it not very believable, but overall these are minor complaints. It's a fun watch. See more 08/25/2008 Ummm, yeah, the only real problem with this movie is that the story just doesn't connect. Noah Wyle seems really uncomfortable and miscast, the supporting acting and dialogue is really annoying. Hmm, I guess this movie is more of a disaster than I originally thought. The only bright spot, for me anyway, was the sequence with Kate Mara singing, but then they went and fudged that all up with a cheesy montage sequence! Damn them! See more 04/26/2006 Silly character relationships, a bland and unbelievable romance, no chemistry, added to a pouty, young idealist as the main character will give you a headache. If the plot doesn't get you, the bad music will. On the good side, there are some very pretty scenes of San Francisco. See more 03/04/2006 I found the film very irritating. Just the idea of a singing environmentalist falling for a housing deleloper is turn off. Illeana Douglas' character was the most irritating part of the film. The film is simply ridiculous. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A land developer (Noah Wyle) outrages environmentalists (Illeana Douglas, Kate Mara) by planning to build on coastal hills.
Director
Jonathan Parker
Production Co
Parker Film Company
Rating
PG (Brief Language|Mild Thematic Elements)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.1K
Runtime
1h 27m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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