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Sunshine State
Directed by
John Sayles
PG-13
2002
2h 21m
Drama
,
Romance
6.8
80%
58%
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A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.
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Cast of Sunshine State
Jane Alexander
Delia Temple
Mary Alice
Eunice Stokes
Angela Bassett
Desiree Perry
Gordon Clapp
Earl Pinkney
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Elton Lloyd
Edie Falco
Marly Temple
Miguel Ferrer
Lester
Timothy Hutton
Jack Meadows
Alan King
Murray Silver
James McDaniel
Reggie Perry
Mary Steenburgen
Francine Pinkney
Ralph Waite
Furman Temple
Alex Lewis
Terrell
Cullen Douglas
Jefferson Cash
Clifton James
Buster Bidwell
Eliot Asinof
Silent Sam
Amanda Wing
Krissy
Perry Lang
Greg
Kyle Meenan
Dick Yordan
Jon Coen
Officer Bryce
James Brower
Park Employee
Barbara Young
Mrs. Pierce
Rand D. Burns
Dub
Dan Bright
Lyle Shiflett
Michael Greyeyes
Billy Trucks
Rhynell Brumfield
Quarles
Sam McMurray
Todd Northrup
Tim Powell
Buyer
Brett Rice
Buyer #2
Vi Bennett
Chairwoman
Marc Blucas
Scotty Duval
Patricia Clay
Judge
Karen Garrett
Social Worker
Laird Stuart
Prosecutor
Charlayne Woodard
Loretta
Tom Wright
Flash Phillips
Debra Bracey
Nurse Gwen
Brooks Anne Hayes
Rosellen
Richard Edson
Steve Tregaskis
Joey Griffin
Smoot
John Morrissey
Boy
Ashley Brumby
April
Jay Smith
Underhill
Dennis Neal
Olney
Sharon Culpepper
Church Soloist
Charles Albert Jr.
Reverend Sutcliff
David Preuss
Tourist Man
Maureen Preuss
Tourist Woman
John Sayles
Man who almost got hit by a golf ball (uncredited)
Rahman Johnson
Football Teammate (uncredited)
Spencer Kayden
Festival Attendant (uncredited)
Fletcher Liegerot
Barfly (uncredited)
Dustin Vaught
Festival Attendant (uncredited)
Sunshine State Ratings & Reviews
Seattle Times
John Hartl
The script overcomes its initial awkwardness and builds toward a climax that is as satisfying as it is open-ended.
Detroit News
Susan Stark
Count on his movie to work at the back of your neck long after you leave the theater.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
The cast is uniformly excellent and relaxed.
Denver Post
Steven Rosen
Sunshine State is a fine example of a carefully written film. But you shouldn't be too aware that a movie is well-written.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
Sayles' movies lack the fluidity and grace of Altman at his best, but his 'big statement' films -- and this is one -- demand our attention.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Because we are so familiar with the conventional approach to a story like this, it takes time to catch on that Sayles is not repeating the old progressive line about the little guy against big capital.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
At times, Sayles seems to be trying to wrangle an ornery alligator. But there are few filmmakers better at rendering the political personal.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Rings true for the most part, and explores human nature -- leashed and unleashed -- in ways that resonate.
eye WEEKLY
Adam Nayman
A fiercely intelligent South Florida mosaic.
Newsweek
David Ansen
Who wants to complain abut an American movie that has too much on its mind? ... Best of all is Falco, whose bruised, brusque, soulful Southern girl banishes all traces of Carmela Soprano.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
You can ignore the editorial bluntness and savor the smaller, sweeter details.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
A densely layered, always absorbing whole.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Writer-director John Sayles is too intelligent and too conscientious ever to make a frivolous movie. But he has made a lifeless one with Sunshine State.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
It's the kind of movie that, aside from Robert Altman, Spike Lee, the Coen Brothers and a few others, our moviemakers don't make often enough.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Sunshine State surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology. But the cinematography is cloudy, the picture making becalmed.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
Very well-written and very well-acted.
Boston Globe
Sam Allis
Neither the acting nor the script elevates the film above a ham-fisted morality play dripping with earnestness.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
Sunshine State is one of the strongest efforts yet in the prolific career of writer/director John Sayles.
Newsday
John Anderson
With Sunshine State, the question isn't so much what you want, but what you can stand.
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