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Laurel Canyon Movie Rating: 
Worth Seeing | |
| Uptight Harvard med-school grad Sam (Christian Bale) brings his equally uptight girlfriend, Alex (Kate Beckinsale), home to Los Angeles during his summer internship, where they think they'll have his unconventional mum Jane's house up in leafy Laurel Canyon all to themselves. | |
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But Jane (Frances McDormand) is producing a record for her bad-boy Brit lover (Alessandro
Nivola), so the whole group has to co-exist uncomfortably in the searing L.A.
heat.
Things get tense when Alex becomes fascinated with Jane's artistic lifestyle, and even more tense when she realizes the bisexual Jane has other talents besides producing albums. Meanwhile Sam is facing his own temptations, thanks to a seductive co-worker (Natascha McElhone). Sexy, thoughtful, and incredibly well-acted, the film takes what could very easily have been a one-dimensional look at a mother-son relationship and gives it both heart and soul. |
Frances McDormand.© 2003 Sony Pictures Classics. |
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