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Like a month-old Krispy Kreme doughnut, the sweetness of this coming-of-age film is nauseating from the first bite: Sam and President Dad (Michael Keaton) are introduced via an encounter over a massive, middle-of-the-night slice of chocolate cake and waltzing rendezvous. The scene evokes your typical father/daughter interaction, especially those whose relationships have slightly Elektra-shaded overtones...
...FACT--SINCE WE'RE talking about America here--imagine it's an SUV. We are packed in together, and it is a long drive. The sole thing that keeps us from bloodshed is that we have our own capacious beverage holders, business-class-size seats and entertainment pods. Dad has his satellite radio, Mom has her magazine, and the kids have their DVD consoles and MP3 players and Game Boy Advances, happily obliterating the unpleasant evidence of one another's existence...
...fact - since we're talking about America here - imagine it's an SUV. We are packed in together, and it is a long drive. The sole thing that keeps us from bloodshed is that we have our own capacious beverage holders, business-class-size seats and entertainment pods. Dad has his satellite radio, Mom has her magazine, and the kids have their DVD consoles and MP3 players and Game Boy Advances, happily obliterating the unpleasant evidence of one another's existence...
Unlike the achingly fatherless Adriana, de Matteo has close family ties. Her dad is a successful furniture-store owner, her mother a playwright. Raised in Manhattan, de Matteo attended tony private schools on the Upper East Side. Before Joey started, her parents, her boyfriend and she trekked west together in a 30ft. camper. And she is keeping her New York City place, just in case. If only Adriana had been that careful...
...telling me that I was changing it and tripping me up. After an hour, they said, "Patrick Bucklew, did you steal the scroll?" I said, "No." And they asked again and again. Finally, I cracked. I just wanted to go home. They locked me up, and I called my dad, who hung up on me. Then he got me a very good lawyer. I spent three days in jail. After I was released, I didn't have the 50¢ it cost to take a bus to my lawyer, so I had to bum money from someone who asked what...