A family unit begins to bow under the pressure of a failing marriage.
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★★★★★
Derick Martini's film 'Lymelife' is a fairly conventional, low key tale of growing up in a dysfunctional, suburban family on Long Island. It features a very typical performance from Alex Baldwin, a painfully convincing teenage sex scene and a surprising ending...
★★★★★
This is an extremely high caliber movie whose only flaw is improperly dated and unhistorical references to the Falkland War. The performances are superb by each and every cast member and by the ensemble as a whole. It is astonishing that such a film could be m...
★★★★★
Finally, a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously while tackling some serious issues. As an American living in Canada I see the condition of my home country today and this film feels like a prelude, or a humorous set up to the state of the country today....
★★★★★
I can't wait for my next three-Martini film! If Lymelife can be done in less than a month, let's have at least two more before year's endthe last positioned for awards season. Yes, I worry this remarkable film will be unheralded and forgotten in eight months...
★★★★★
I attended the World Premiere of "Lymelife" at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. This touching but occasionally disturbing coming-of-age story was, literally, a labor of brotherly love. Director Derick Martini and his brother Steven not only wrote...
